Dictionary

    ЗК

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    Meanings

    1. convictesp. in a labor camp
    2. prisoner, inmatecolloquial

    Usage notes

    The terms зк, зек / зэк, зека are derived from 'Заключённый каналоармеец', which means a labor convict of a Gulag of the Stalin era.

    Related words

    зекconvict; prisoner, inmate

    Synonyms

    зэкconvict; prisoner
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