Definitions
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- noun
Russian organized crime
Etymologies
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From Russian.
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Examples
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Just like a rose over the heart showed you were one of the Russian bratva, or like a yakuza inserts pearls under the skin of his penis for every year in jail.
White Cat Holly Black 2010
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Just like a rose over the heart showed you were one of the Russian bratva, or like a yakuza inserts pearls under the skin of his penis for every year in jail.
White Cat Holly Black 2010
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