passportize
verbEtymology
From passport + -ize.
- derived from passeport
Definitions
To induce (residents of another country) to take up the citizenship of and possess a…
To induce (residents of another country) to take up the citizenship of and possess a passport from one's own country (chiefly Russia).
- In fact, whenever the Soviet Union absorbed new territory, one of the first steps was to “passportize” the local population.
- Moldova's unconditional jus soli was unintentional but the government was able to capitalize on it and passportize the majority of Transnistria's residents.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA