Skripal
Proper noun
Meaning
Skripal (plural Skripals)
A surname from Russian.
Examples
Britain’s acting UN ambassador, Jonathan Allen, said a similar nerve agent was used "with lethal effect" in southern England in 2018 on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.
A police officer stands the home in Salisbury of Sergei Skripal on the first anniversary of his poisoning.
Mr. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were found to have Novichok in their systems.
In 2018, the Kremlin was also accused of being behind the attempted murder of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, southwest England, using a Novichok nerve agent.
In his younger days Skripal had risen to the rank of colonel in the Russian army’s special airborne force.
It became globally famous in connection with the Skripal case.