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internal passport

internal passport noun: a personal identity document that may be used by a country to control and monitor the internal movement and residence of its citizens.

Noun

internal passport (plural internal passports)

  1. A personal identity document that may be used by a country to control and monitor the internal movement and residence of its citizens.
    • To prevent the starving peasants from fleeing to the towns an internal passport system was introduced and unauthorized change of residence was made punishable with imprisonment.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...

Forms of internal passport

pluralinternal passports

Questions about internal passport

What does internal passport mean?
Internal passport means a personal identity document that may be used by a country to control and monitor the internal movement and residence of its citizens.
What part of speech is internal passport?
Internal passport is a noun.
What is the plural of internal passport?
The plural of internal passport is internal passports.

Words near internal passport in the dictionary

  1. internal oblique muscle
  2. internal obliques
  3. internal occipital protuberance
  4. internal organ
  5. internal organs
  6. internal passport
  7. internal passports
  8. internal perception
  9. internal reconstruction
  10. internal reconstructions
  11. internal refugee

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