Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passportize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pass-portize
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Transitive verb

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."

Etymology

From passport + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: passport
Suffix: -ize

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

passportizes (present, singular) passportizing (participle, present) passportized (participle, past) passportized (past)

Derived Forms

passportization

Frequently Paired Words

borderize

Questions

What does passportize mean?: To induce (residents of another country) to take up the citizenship of and possess a passport from one's own country (chiefly Russia).
Where does passportize come from?: From passport + -ize.

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