bandyckie porachunki

English translation: vendettas between warring gangs

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Polish term or phrase:bandyckie porachunki
English translation:vendettas between warring gangs
Entered by: Jacek Krankowski (X)

23:51 May 27, 2000
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Polish term or phrase: bandyckie porachunki
Bandyckie porachunki miedzy zwalczajacymi sie gangami.
Jerzy Bereszko
vendettas between warring gangs
Explanation:
If there are more than two gangs (as it often happened) then it should be "vendettas among warring gangs."
Maja.
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Maja Wagner-Nawrocka
Poland
Local time: 13:29
Grading comment
Thanks! I was thinking about some idiom, perhaps with "odds" or "accounts"
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Summary of answers provided
nagangster war/revenge
Halina Arendt
nagangster showdown
Alexander Kudriavtsev
navendettas between warring gangs
Maja Wagner-Nawrocka


  

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3 hrs
gangster war/revenge


Explanation:
The war between rival gangsters
W zależności od tego jak pasuje w kontekście, może być również: the warring gangster factions

Halina Arendt
Local time: 12:29
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 13
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5 hrs
gangster showdown


Explanation:
It can also be "gangster wars" according to the context you've given. Slownik Polszczyzny Potocznej gives a very good explanation in Polish.

Alexander Kudriavtsev
Local time: 15:29
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in BelarusianBelarusian
PRO pts in pair: 15
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11 hrs
vendettas between warring gangs


Explanation:
If there are more than two gangs (as it often happened) then it should be "vendettas among warring gangs."
Maja.

Maja Wagner-Nawrocka
Poland
Local time: 13:29
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 51
Grading comment
Thanks! I was thinking about some idiom, perhaps with "odds" or "accounts"
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