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passportizes

passportizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 passportizes

What is passportizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Passportizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of passportize.

Words near passportizes in the dictionary

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

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