Meaning of 11th commandment | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A well-known convention (often the most well-known of a certain field) which supposedly can not or should not be broken.
   idiomatic
2. Alternative letter-case form of 11th commandment.
   alt-of

Examples

“A “hood,” he said, isn’t necessarily a neighborhood, adding that the same culture is seen on Wall Street, “where the 11th commandment is ‘Thou shalt not get⟳ caught.’ ””

“Some of the accused did not know⟳ Basil’s real identity; the others stuck by the old-school criminal’s 11th commandment, “Thou shalt not grass.””

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