internal passport

English

Noun

internal passport (plural internal passports)

  1. A personal identity document that may be used by a country to control and monitor the internal movement and residence of its citizens.
    Hypernyms: passport < document
    Hyponyms: propiska (Russia and [historically] Soviet Union), hukou (China); more at Wikipedia

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