pakhanate

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Etymology

Blending of Russian пахан (paxan, don, mob boss, kingpin) and khanate.

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Noun

pakhanate (plural pakhanates)

  1. Another term for mafia state.
    • 2014, Cathy Young, Putin's New Old Russia, Reason:
      In a similar vein, political scientist Andrei Piontkovsky argues that the Putin regime is a "pakhanate"—a coinage derived from pakhan, Russian underworld slang for a gang boss—intent on surrounding itself with a protective ring of copacetic "godfather states" to protect itself against change.

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