passportize

verb

Etymology

From passport + -ize.

  1. derived from passeport
  2. formed as passportize — “passport + -ize

Definitions

  1. 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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