silovik

silovik

English

Etymology

From Russian силови́к (silovík), from си́ла (síla, “force”) + adjective suffix -ов (-ov, “-able/-ible”) + agent suffix -ик (-ik, “-ist, -er”), adjective: силово́й (silovój, “of or related to force”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːləvɪk/, /ˈsɪləvɪk/

Noun

silovik (plural siloviks or siloviki)

1. (politics) A Russian politician from the old security or military services, often the KGB, FSB, and military officers or other security services who came into power during the 1990s or 2000s.

   siloviki (plural) (members of) the security services which make up one wing of the Russian (and Belarusian) government.

Translations

former member of the security services and the military, any power structure (Russia)

Belarusian: сілаві́к m (silavík) Bulgarian: силови́к m (silovík) Chinese: Mandarin: 西羅維基／西罗维基 (xīluówéijī) Dutch: silovik m Finnish: silovikki (fi) French: silovik m German: Silowik m Hebrew: סילוביקי‎ m (silovík) Japanese: シロヴィキ (shiroviki), シロヴィク (shiroviku) Korean: 실로비키 (sillobiki), 실로비크 (sillobikeu) Norwegian: Bokmål: silovik m Russian: силови́к (ru) m (silovík) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: силовик m Roman: silovik m Swedish: silovik c Turkish: silovik Ukrainian: силови́к m (sylovýk)

See also

• securocrat