grabification

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noun

A term used to describe the corrupt, chaotic, and heavily rigged privatization of state-owned assets in Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s.

OriginRussian прихватизация →
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Meanings

noungrabification (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryhistoricalslanguncommonuncountableA term used to describe the corrupt, chaotic, and heavily rigged privatization of state-owned assets in Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s.

Origin

  1. Russianприхватизация
  2. Englishgrabification

Calque of Russian прихватизация (prixvatizacija). By surface analysis, grab + -ification.

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APA

grabification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grabification

MLA

“grabification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grabification. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grabification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grabification.

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