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badnik

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English

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Etymology

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From bad +‎ -nik.

Noun

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badnik (plural badniks)

  1. A bad or wicked person.
    • 2006, Brian Tesler, Before I Forget: A Family Memoir, page 56:
      Well, he turned out to be not such a badnik, but yes, I was doing well at school, although because I was enjoying it so much it didn't seem as if I was working particularly hard.
    • 2001, The Army Lawyer, page 9:
      Policemen know this method very well. Just because a guy holds an AK-47 does not necessarily make him a badnik.
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