thief in law

Etymology
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Noun

 * 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

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qanuni oğru
 * Belarusian: зло́дзей у зако́не
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 律賊
 * Estonian: seaduslik varas
 * Finnish: laillinen varas
 * Georgian:
 * German: Dieb im Gesetz
 * Hebrew: גנב בחוק
 * Hungarian:
 * Kazakh: заңды ұры
 * Kyrgyz: мыйзамдагы ууру
 * Latvian: zaglis likumā
 * Polish: wor w zakonie
 * Russian:
 * Tajik: дузд дар қонун
 * Ukrainian: зло́дій у зако́ні
 * Uzbek: