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‖ Union Corse|ynjɔ̃ kɔrs|
[Fr., lit. ‘Corsican union’.]
A criminal organization controlled by Corsicans, operating in France and elsewhere. Cf. next.
1963I. Fleming On Her Majesty's Secret Service v. 51 ‘The Union Corse’, more deadly and perhaps even older than the Unione Siciliano, the Mafia..it controlled most organised crime throughout metropolitan France and her colonies. 1973Times 21 May 14/3 A key figure was a former model..said to have been living with an Union Corse racketeer..before his death in a gun battle with Mexican police. 1978W. Garner Möbius Trip (1979) iii. 80 His signet ring featured the Moor's head and eagle of the official Union Corse. |