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passportized

passportized is the simple past and past participle of passportize.

Meaning of passportize

Verb

passportize (third-person singular simple present passportizes, present participle passportizing, simple past and past participle passportized)

  1. (rare, transitive) 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

Questions about passportized

What is passportized the simple past and past participle of?
Passportized is the simple past and past participle of passportize.

Words near passportized in the dictionary

  1. passportification
  2. passporting
  3. passportization
  4. passportizations
  5. passportize
  6. passportized
  7. passportizes
  8. passportizing
  9. passportless
  10. passportlessness
  11. passports

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