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Meaning of zek | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
zɛk

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Français zek

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.
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