Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

«паковать»

English translation:

load demonstrators into buses (here)

Added to glossary by Fernsucht
Jul 5, 2011 12:28
12 yrs ago
Russian term

«паковать»

Russian to English Other Other
E.g

Когда власти с неадекватной жесткостью гоняли с Триумфальной площади неадекватных демонстрантов — это выглядело как-то несерьезно, но большого отвращения не вызывало. Горлопаны орали, омоновцы паковали, и те и другие честно занимались своим бесполезным делом.#

Or



В аудиоролике звучат команды оттеснять протестующих с Октябрьской площади к улице Янки Купалы, а потом по ней — к скверу возле Оперного театра, «рассекать» группы и «паковать» активных участников акции.
Change log

Jul 19, 2011 04:03: Fernsucht Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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4 mins
Selected

load demonstrators into buses (here)

Belarus protests: more than 600 charged and opposition leaders in jail ... Police beat demonstrators with batons and loaded hundreds into prison buses known as avtozaki. Opposition candidates, including the former deputy ...

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sorry for broken link, here it is again, and working
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/21/600-charged-bela...

"prison" or detention buses
Peer comment(s):

agree Katerina O.
8 mins
Thank you.
neutral Piotrnikitin : I think "load" does not convey the sense of people being crammed into the buses, the point that there was not enough place for all of them. On the other hand, it does convey the notion that people were treated like objects.
41 mins
Thank you for your appreciative comment. One can use "Loaded into CRAMMED buses" if the context suggests so.
agree cyhul
14 hrs
agree Sergei Tumanov
1 day 23 mins
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2 mins

to seize

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pull in

The police pulled in scores of protesters during the demonstration.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pull-sb-i...
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+1
27 mins

pack (demonstrators into buses)

pure and simple
Peer comment(s):

agree Maruti Shinde
2 hrs
Thank you
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1 hr

nick

nick (nk)
Chiefly British Slang
a. To arrest.




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Note added at 1 hr (2011-07-05 13:40:55 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nick
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