a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family 族间血仇;族间仇杀 ■a prolonged bitter quarrel with or campaign against someone 长期争斗;宿怨 he has accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him. 他控诉英国媒体长期对他进行攻击。
语源
mid 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latin vindicta 'vengeance'