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],
"word": "ذَنَب"
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"roman": "privǎrženik",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
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"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
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},
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"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"word": "aseenkantaja"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"word": "kätyri"
},
{
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"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
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},
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"word": "käskyläinen"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
"word": "sous-fifre"
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"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"tags": [
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],
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Scherge"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "brávos",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μπράβος"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"word": "híve"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"word": "csatlós"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"word": "szolga"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"word": "lakáj"
},
{
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"word": "konco"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stronnik"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poplecznik"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zausznik"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"word": "capanga class noun"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "storónnik",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сторо́нник"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslédovatelʹ",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "после́дователь"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prispéšnik",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "приспе́шник"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobórnik",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "побо́рник"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "príxvostenʹ",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"masculine"
],
"word": "при́хвостень"
},
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"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "služobník"
},
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"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "služobníčka"
},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poskok"
},
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"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "secuaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate",
"word": "yardımcı"
}
]
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"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"word": "aanhanger"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"word": "aseenkantaja"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anhänger"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anhängerin"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gefolgsmann"
},
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"_dis1": "1 90 2 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"word": "bérenc"
},
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"_dis1": "1 90 2 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poplecznik"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 2 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zausznik"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 2 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stronnik"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prispéšnik",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "приспе́шник"
},
{
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"roman": "storónnik",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сторо́нник"
},
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"roman": "príxvostenʹ",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"masculine"
],
"word": "при́хвостень"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podpevála",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"word": "подпева́ла"
},
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"_dis1": "1 90 2 7",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pravá ruka"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests",
"word": "çıkarcı yardımcı"
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"Society",
"Law",
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"An assistant member of a criminal gang."
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"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kumpán"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
{
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"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trawant"
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"word": "handlanger"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "meeloper"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "sbiro"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "rikollisjengin jäsen"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sbire"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 93 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "homme de main"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 93 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "gangster"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"tags": [
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"word": "Spießgeselle"
},
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"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "pribék"
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{
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"word": "verőember"
},
{
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"word": "fogdmeg"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "gorilla"
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"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "bandito"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 93 2",
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malandrino"
},
{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malavitoso"
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malvivente"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "medsammensvoren"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "esbirro"
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],
"word": "шестёрка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "málʹčik na pobegúškax",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "ма́льчик на побегу́шках"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podélʹnik",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поде́льник"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "gorila"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "gangster"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esbirro"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "uşak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an assistant member of a criminal gang",
"word": "yandaş"
}
],
"word": "henchman"
}
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