Passportize

Quick meaning: Passportize is a verb meaning (rare) To induce (residents of another country) to take up the citizenship of and possess a passport from one's own country (chiefly Russia).

Meaning

(rare) To induce (residents of another country) to take up the citizenship of and possess a passport from one's own country (chiefly Russia).

Example Sentences

In fact, whenever the Soviet Union absorbed new territory, one of the first steps was to “passportize” the local population.

Moldova's unconditional jus soli was unintentional but the government was able to capitalize on it and passportize the majority of Transnistria's residents.

Word Forms

• passportizes
• passportizing
• passportized

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include naturalize, denizen, nationalize, endenizen, repatriate, citizenize.

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