stinging

f. 'ritual of affiliation to the Camorra, consisting in pricking the aspirant's right fingertip with a pin'.

G 247 «In San Cipriano d'Aversa Antonio Bardellino still affiliated with the ritual of pricking, also used by the Cosa Nostra: a modality that belonged to rituals that have gradually disappeared. The aspirant's right finger was pricked with a pin and the blood dripped onto the image of the Madonna of Pompeii. Then this was burned on a candle and passed from hand to hand to all the leaders of the clan who were standing around the perimeter of a table. If all the affiliates kissed the Madonna, the newly introduced officially became part of the clan ».

it. sting 'superficial wound caused by the penetration into the skin of a thin and sharp object, by a sting and the like.'