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Krokodilov
also: Крокодилов, Mr. Krokodilov
An invented petty official in the narrator's district, caught taking a bribe -- his name (built on the Russian word for "crocodile") is a stock comic tag for a corrupt bureaucrat.
Reading notes
- My Witticisms and Sayings §1 Mr. Krokodilov
An invented name built on the Russian word for "crocodile," fitted to a petty official who takes bribes -- a stock comic type of the corrupt local bureaucrat.