vendettaEnglishOxford English Thesaurusvendetta noun he was the victim of a political vendetta: feud, blood feud, quarrel, argument, falling-out, wrangle, clash, altercation, dispute, fight, war; bad blood, bitterness, enmity, rivalry, conflict, discord, strife; informal tiff, scrap, spat, ruction, bust-up.vendetta Oxford Dictionary of English