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noun
In tsarist and Stalinist-era Russia, a restricted internal passport issued to those suspected or convicted of political or other crimes which limited where they could travel and reside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, rare
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Calque of Russian во́лчий биле́т (vólčij bilét), calque of Polish wilczy bilet.
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