Sexot - who is this? In what country and in what year was this term born? What are sex workers doing? You will find answers to all these questions in our short article.
"Sexot": the meaning of the word
This term arose at the beginning of the 20th century in the Russian Empire, gained a foothold during the Soviet era and is still actively used throughout the post-Soviet space. The word itself is a masculine noun (plural - seksot), derived from the colloquial abbreviation of the phrase "secret employee" (pay attention to the first three letters in each of these words).
So, who is this sexot? This is a person who provides any secret information to the interested party. Most often, a secret agent is a law enforcement officer who is secretly embedded in a gang or criminal group in order to collect the necessary information about it. This role can also be played by an ordinary person who cooperates with law enforcement voluntarily or involuntarily.
Synonyms for the word "sexot": scammer, informer, informer, spy, agent and others. Slang and slang words with a similar meaning are common: snitch, earpiece, bacon, whisperer, rat, six, etc.
Sexo in the USSR
As we have already found out, the term originated in the days of the Russian Empire. That is how the agents of the so-called Okhrana (a structural body of the tsarist police engaged in the search and identification of political criminals and conspirators) were called. The word successfully survived the October Revolution of 1917 and migrated to the document circulation of the already Soviet special bodies (in particular, the Cheka and the NKVD).
The term "sexot" after the stormy Soviet repressions of the 30-40s received a pronounced negative connotation. Increasingly, it began to be used in the context of other synonymous words: such as "snitch" or "traitor". Later, the word "sexot" in official and secret documents of the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR was replaced by the neutral term "source of operational information." At present, the Russian special services, as a rule, use the term "agent".
Sex in the US
The so-called sexots are also widespread in the American law enforcement system. Here they are called differently: informant, singer, snitch, etc. In the United States, inconspicuous members of society often act as informers (in the good sense of the word): priests, taxi drivers, vagrants and beggars, postmen and others.
In the US whistleblowers play an important role. They help declassify terrorist organizations and groups; prosecutors often use them as witnesses in legal proceedings. At the same time, secret informers are very often rewarded for their activities. The reward may be a cash prize orrelease of a person from criminal liability. Some sexots in the US even manage to make a living from this difficult and rather risky occupation.
