crimmigrant
/ˈkɹɪmɪɡɹənt/
crimmigrant noun: someone who immigrates illegally.
Noun
crimmigrant (plural crimmigrants)
- Someone who immigrates illegally.
- This Criminal Law of the Crimmigrant may already be taking root in the crim-migration enforcement as criminal law becomes strongly imbued with strict irregular immigration control measures, and the reinforcement of securitisa-tion measures, which have recently been adopted to allow an increase in...2012, Maria João Guia, “Crimmigration, securitisation and the criminal law of the crimmigrant”, in Social Control and Justice
- Their apparent acceptance of this role, compared with an earlier reluctance to be involved in the enforcement of immigration law per se (Weber and Bowling 2004), may be due to the crimmigrant status of the targeted groups.2013, Leanne Weber, Policing Non-Citizens, page 187
- Synonyms:
- illegal immigrant, illegal
Synonyms of crimmigrant
Forms of crimmigrant
| plural | crimmigrants |
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Origin of crimmigrant
Blend of criminal + immigrant.
Questions about crimmigrant
- What does crimmigrant mean?
- Crimmigrant means someone who immigrates illegally.
- What part of speech is crimmigrant?
- Crimmigrant is a noun.
- How do you pronounce crimmigrant?
- Crimmigrant is pronounced /ˈkɹɪmɪɡɹənt/.
- What is the plural of crimmigrant?
- The plural of crimmigrant is crimmigrants.
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