(связи, знакомство) pull, protection, influence;
у него есть ~ he has a pull, he has friend at court;
получить по ~у get* on the quiet (воровской язык) thieves`* cant/latin;
~ной;
1. прил. thieves`;
2. в знач. сущ. criminal
разг. (знакомство, связи) profitable connections, protection, pull
по блату — on the quiet, illicitly, through good connections, by backstair(s) influence