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noun
A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Russian зэ́к (zɛ́k), probably representing a pronunciation of з/к (z/k), Soviet abbreviation of заключённый каналоармеец (zaključónnyj kanaloarmejec, “prisoner member of the [White Sea–Baltic] Canal army”).
