black hand

1. 1.

   a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century

   Broaderorganized crime

   terrorism

Questions about black hand

What does black hand mean?

black hand means "a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century".

Is black hand a common word?

black hand is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.