titushky

Alternative forms

 * titushki

Etymology
2014,, and , , from the surname of mixed martial artist Vadym Titushko, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬

Noun

 * 1)  Hired thugs used for violence and intimidation against protestors by the Ukrainian government during the Euromaidan revolution; (by extension) pro-government vigilantes attacking picketers, protesters in the ex-USSR
 * 2) * 2016: Olesya Khremeychuk, “Sexuality and Revolution in Post-Soviet Ukraine: Human Rights for the LGBT Community in the Euromaidan Protests of 2013–2014,” in Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, v 2, n 1, p 26:
 * We see typically dressed titushky. One of them had a head injury and was bleeding a lot. Titushka or not, he’s a human being.
 * We see typically dressed titushky. One of them had a head injury and was bleeding a lot. Titushka or not, he’s a human being.

Synonyms

 * agents provocateurs

Translations

 * Armenian: տիտուշկա
 * Belarusian: ціту́шка
 * Czech: tituška
 * French: titouchka
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: titușka
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: тіту́шка