OVRA
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian OVRA with unknown full form. Speculated by some as Initialism of Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism)
Proper noun
editOVRA
- (history) The secret police of Fascist Italy active from 1927 to 1945.