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DEnoun, masculine, animate
Very rarely used word (top 40,000)
Translation
The strongman
Also: the enforcer, the security officer
Example: Националисти́ческий «силови́к» по́льзуется возмо́жностью прода́ть авторитари́зм - Nationalist "strongman" seizes opportunity to sell authoritarianism
Info: An employee of a power ministry, department (MO, MVD, FSB, prosecutor's office, etc.).
Declension
Note: Stress change.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom.nominative | силови́к | силовики́ |
| gen.genitive | силовика́ | силовико́в |
| dat.dative | силовику́ | силовика́м |
| acc.accusative | силовика́ | силовико́в |
| inst.instrumental | силовико́м | силовика́ми |
| prep.prepositional | силовике́ | силовика́х |
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Singolin edited translation 1 year ago.
