murija

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• múrja

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Croatia) múrija IPA^(key): /mǔːrija/
• (Serbia) mùrija IPA^(key): /mǔrija/
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

murija f (Cyrillic spelling мурија) (slang)

1. the cops (the police)
2. a cop

Synonyms

• (the police): polìcija, (colloquial, historical) mìlīcija
• (cop): policájac, pàndūr (pejorative), pàjkan (slang, familiar), mùrjāk (slang, Croatia), mùrkan (slang, Serbia)

Further reading

• Sabljak, Tomislav (2013) “murija”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga žargona [Dictionary of Croatian Jargon], 3rd edition, Zagreb: Profil, →ISBN, page 274