зэки

зэки

"Зэки" (plural) refers to prisoners or convicts in Russian.

Зэки is used here as a casual and colloquial reference to inmates, commonly used in conversational speech.

Зэки рассказывали свои истории.

The inmates were sharing their stories.

In this sentence, 'зэки' is mentioned as a word that can be used in a humorous or ironic context by younger people.

Молодёжь иногда употребляет слово 'зэки' в шутку.

Youth sometimes use the word 'zэки' as a joke.

Here, 'зэки' refers to prisoners as a societal group and is used to highlight their portrayal in literature.

В литературе зэки часто описываются как люди с трудной судьбой.

In literature, prisoners are often described as people with a difficult fate.