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Acode of silence is a condition in effect when a person opts to withhold what is believed to be vital or important information voluntarily or involuntarily.
The code of silence is usually followed because of threat of force or danger to oneself, or being branded as a traitor or an outcast within the unit or organization, as the experience of policewhistleblowerFrank Serpico illustrates. Police are known to have a well-developedblue wall of silence.[citation needed]
A more well-known example of the code of silence is theomertà, theSicilian Mafia code of silence.
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