@agturcz something for your collection of #Polish #language tidbits: "morda", which means animal snout, but also, derisively or jokingly, human face (like English "mug").
However, plural of morda is "mordy" – identical to plural of "mord", which means "murder". Therefore, "Świat patrzył ze zgrozą na krzyżackie mordy" has double meaning: "The world looked in horror at Teutonic Knights murders/mugs".

Also, Polish slang word for despotism/authoritarianism/totalitarism is
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zamordyzm - derived from "trzymać za mordy" - to hold people by their mugs.