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siloviki

siloviki is the plural of silovik.

Meaning of silovik

Noun

silovik (plural siloviks or siloviki)

  1. A member of the Russian military, law enforcement, or intelligence services (the KGB or FSB), or a politician with a background in such services.
    • [T]he so-called siloviki have installed themselves deep inside the country’s boss class – something that did not happen to anything like the same degree during the Cold War.2023, Robert Service, “The Misinformation Game”, in Literary Review, number 520

Questions about siloviki

What is siloviki the plural of?
Siloviki is the plural of silovik.

Words near siloviki in the dictionary

  1. silovarch
  2. silovarchies
  3. silovarchs
  4. silovarchy
  5. silovik
  6. siloviki
  7. siloviks
  8. siloxane
  9. siloxanes
  10. siloxene
  11. siloxenes

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