English
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 (ōrenkʿov goł)
- Azeri: qanuni oğru
- Belarusian: зло́дзей у зако́не m (zlódzjej u zakónje)
- Estonian: seaduslik varas
- Georgian: კანონიერი ქურდი (ḳanonieri kurdi)
- German: Dieb im Gesetz m
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- 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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