thief in law

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian вор в зако́не (vor v zakóne).

Noun

thief in law (plural thieves in law)

A criminal who is respected, has authority and a high ranking status within the criminal underworld in the old Soviet Union, Russia and the republics that formed the former Soviet Union.

Translations

high-status criminal in Russia, etc.

Armenian: օրենքով գող (hy) (ōrenkʿov goł)
Azerbaijani: qanuni oğru
Belarusian: зло́дзей у зако́не m (zlódzjej u zakónje)
Estonian: seaduslik varas
Georgian: კანონიერი ქურდი (ḳanonieri kurdi)
German: Dieb im Gesetz m

Hebrew: גנב בחוק‎
Kazakh: заңды ұры (zañdı urı)
Kyrgyz: мыйзамдагы ууру (mıyzamdagı uuru)
Russian: вор в зако́не (ru) m (vor v zakóne)
Ukrainian: зло́дій у зако́ні m (zlódij u zakóni)
Uzbek: qonundagi oʻgʻri

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