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Ulbricht

American  
[ool-brikht] / ˈʊl brɪxt /

noun

  1. Walter 1893–1973, German Communist leader: chairman of the East German Council of State 1960–73.


Ulbricht British  
/ ˈʊlbrɪçt /

noun

  1. Walter (ˈvaltər). 1893-1973, East German statesman; largely responsible for the establishment and development of East German communism

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On the second day of his presidency, he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the boss of a notorious online black market in which transactions were conducted in crypto.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

The judge overseeing the case described Ulbricht as the first-of-his-kind supplier for the digital age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2025

"I wanted to empower people to make choices in their lives and have privacy and anonymity," Ulbricht said at his sentencing in May 2015.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

The results open the door for future experiments between even smaller objects and forces, said Professor of Physics Hendrik Ulbricht also at the University of Southampton.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2024

In early August, Walter Ulbricht, the dictator of East Germany, traveled to Moscow to meet with Nikita Khrushchev about the ongoing crisis in Berlin.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin