"thief in law" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thieves in law [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Russian вор в зако́не (vor v zakóne). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ru|вор в зако́не}} Calque of Russian вор в зако́не (vor v zakóne) Head templates: {{en-noun|thieves in law}} thief in law (plural thieves in law)
  1. A criminal who is respected, has authority and a high ranking status within the criminal underworld in the old Soviet Union, Russia and the republics that formed the former Soviet Union. Wikipedia link: thief in law Categories (topical): Crime Categories (place): Russia, Soviet Union Translations (high-status criminal in Russia, etc.): օրենքով գող (ōrenkʻov goġ) (Armenian), qanuni oğru (Azerbaijani), зло́дзей у зако́не (zlódzjej u zakónje) [masculine] (Belarusian), 律賊 (Chinese Mandarin), 律贼 (lǜzéi) (Chinese Mandarin), seaduslik varas (Estonian), laillinen varas (Finnish), კანონიერი ქურდი (ḳanonieri kurdi) (Georgian), Dieb im Gesetz [masculine] (German), גנב בחוק (Hebrew), заңды ұры (zañdy ūry) (Kazakh), мыйзамдагы ууру (mıyzamdagı uuru) (Kyrgyz), zaglis likumā [masculine] (Latvian), wor w zakonie [masculine] (Polish), вор в зако́не (vor v zakóne) [masculine] (Russian), дузд дар қонун (duzd dar qonun) (Tajik), зло́дій у зако́ні (zlódij u zakóni) [masculine] (Ukrainian), qonundagi oʻgʻri (Uzbek)

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