zek
Definitions
A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp.
Equivalents
Françaiszek
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
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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