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Definition of 'zek'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp.
  • *1988 , Stefani Hoffman, translating (Natan Sharansky), Fear No Evil , p. 235:
  • *:Every prisoner who recants is a potential influence on other zeks to do likewise.
  • *2004 , Jason Burke, The Observer , 8 Feb 2004:
  • *:There are the zeks , the survivors of the gulags, some honest about their experiences, others still deluded or traumatised decades later.
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    Similar to 'zek'

    zak, zouk, zack