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) (ōrenkʻov goġ)
- Azerbaijani: qanuni oğru
- Belarusian: зло́дзей у зако́не m (zlódzjej u zakónje)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 律賊 / 律贼 (lǜzéi)
- Estonian: seaduslik varas
- Finnish: laillinen varas
- Georgian: კანონიერი ქურდი (ka) (ḳanonieri kurdi)
- German: Dieb im Gesetz m
- Hebrew: גנב בחוק
- Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
- Kazakh: заңды ұры (zañdy ūry)
- Kyrgyz: мыйзамдагы ууру (mıyzamdagı uuru)
- Latvian: zaglis likumā m
- Polish: wor w zakonie m
- Russian: вор в зако́не (ru) m (vor v zakóne)
- Tajik: дузд дар қонун (duzd dar qonun)
- Ukrainian: зло́дій у зако́ні m (zlódij u zakóni)
- Uzbek: qonundagi oʻgʻri (uz)
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