English ⇄ Russian

calling in favors or chits stresses
gen.	Блат (Lavrov)
inf.	блат (Его взяли на работу по блату. He got the job through the old boy network. Он устроил своего сынка в институт по блату. He got his fair-haired boy into the institute by pulling strings.; знакомство, связи connections or influence used to gain unfair advantage)