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urka

urka noun: a common criminal in Russia.

Noun

urka (plural urkas)

  1. A common criminal in Russia.
    • He then proceeds to describe the daily calendar of violence at the camp: one urka sprinting flat-out after another urka “with a bloody mattock in his hand, a pig methodically clubbing a fascist to the ground, a workshy snake slicing off the remaining fingers of his left hand.”2007 January 9, Michiko Kakutani, “Love, Bludgeoned and Bent by the Camps”, in New York Times

Forms of urka

pluralurkas

Origin of urka

Russian у́рка (úrka, “professional criminal, career criminal, thug, thief”)

Questions about urka

What does urka mean?
Urka means a common criminal in Russia.
What part of speech is urka?
Urka is a noun.
What is the plural of urka?
The plural of urka is urkas.

Words near urka in the dictionary

  1. Urizars
  2. URJ
  3. Urja
  4. Urjala
  5. Urk
  6. urka
  7. urkaryote
  8. urkaryotes
  9. urkas
  10. Urkowitz
  11. Urkowitzes

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