"silovik" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːləvɪk/, /ˈsɪləvɪk/ Forms: siloviks [plural], siloviki [plural]
Etymology: From Russian силови́к (silovík), from си́ла (síla, “force”) + adjective suffix -ов (-ov, “-able/-ible”) + agent suffix -ик (-ik, “-ist, -er”), adjective: силово́й (silovój, “of or related to force”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|силови́к}} Russian силови́к (silovík) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|siloviki}} silovik (plural siloviks or siloviki)
  1. (politics) A member of the Russian military, police, or intelligence services (chiefly the KGB or, later, the FSB), or a politician with a background in such services. Wikipedia link: silovik Categories (topical): Military, Politics, Russian politics Related terms: securocrat Translations (former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia)): ուժային (užayin) (Armenian), сілаві́к (silavík) [masculine] (Belarusian), силови́к (silovík) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 西羅維基 (Chinese Mandarin), 西罗维基 (xīluówéijī) (Chinese Mandarin), 強力部門 (Chinese Mandarin), 强力部门 (qiánglì bùmén) (Chinese Mandarin), silovik [masculine] (Dutch), silovikki (Finnish), silovik [masculine] (French), Silowik [masculine] (German), סילוביקי (silovík) [masculine] (Hebrew), シロヴィキ (shiroviki) (Japanese), シロヴィク (shiroviku) (Japanese), 실로비키 (sillobiki) (Korean), 실로비크 (sillobikeu) (Korean), silovik [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), силови́к (silovík) [masculine] (Russian), силовик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), silovik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), silovik [common-gender] (Swedish), silovik (Turkish), силови́к (sylovýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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  "word": "silovik"
}

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