 In time, the anarchist boyar had also come to be known as an inveterate criminal and jailbird, which attracted him the disparaging moniker "Bogdan-Văcărești" (after Văcărești prison in Bucharest).Others twisted his birth name into the parodic "Bogdan-Ciupești" (from "a ciupi", "to gyp").Bogdan-Pitești consolidated his own estate when he inherited a manor in Vlaici village (part of Colonești).