passportize
passportize verb: to induce (residents of another country) to take up the citizenship of and possess a passport from one's own country (chiefly Russia).
Verb
passportize (third-person singular simple present passportizes, present participle passportizing, simple past and past participle passportized)
- 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.2015, Mark Harrison, One Day We Will Live Without Fear: Everyday Lives Under the Soviet Police State
- Moldova's unconditional jus soli was unintentional but the government was able to capitalize on it and passportize the majority of Transnistria's residents.2019, Maxim Tabachnik, Citizenship, Territoriality, and Post-Soviet Nationhood, page 104
Forms of passportize
| third-person singular present | passportizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | passportizing |
| past participle | passportized |
| past | passportized |
Origin of passportize
From passport + -ize.
Words formed from passportize
Questions about passportize
- What does passportize mean?
- Passportize means to induce (residents of another country) to take up the citizenship of and possess a passport from one's own country (chiefly Russia).
- What part of speech is passportize?
- Passportize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of passportize?
- The past tense of passportize is passportized.
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