thief in law

English

Etymology

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

Noun

thief in law (plural thieves in law)

1. 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)