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Meaning of zek | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2
/zɛk/

Definitions

A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp.

Examples

“Every prisoner who recants is a potential influence on other zeks to do likewise.”
“There are the zeks, the survivors of the gulags, some honest about their experiences, others still deluded or traumatised decades later.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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