false passport

collocation in English

meaningsoffalseandpassport

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false
adjective
uk
/fɒls/us
/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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passport
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɑːs.pɔːt/us
/ˈpæs.pɔːrt/
an official document containing personal information and usually a photograph that allows a person to travel to foreign countries and to prove who ...
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(Definition offalseandpassportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffalse passport

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If she was a spy, why was she not prosecuted as a spy and not on the very minor charge of running afalsepassport?
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She would be decidedly helped from the moment of arrival if she claimed asylum and explained why it was that she had afalsepassport.
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He had in his possession afalsepassportin the name of a person who has been dead for many years.
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But what is unacceptable and casts doubt on his credibility is an attempt to pass off afalsepassportas genuine.
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The agents, of course, already knew this name in thefalsepassport.
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She was expelled again but returned with afalsepassport.
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For illegally passing a border oneself, another method is with afalsepassport(completely fake, or illegally changed, or the passport of a lookalike).
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It is extremely easy to obtain false passports or even to have genuine passports issued to people who do not exist.
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The man, who was probably one of those deeply involved in the traffic in false passports, arranged for the passport application to he made.
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People escaping countries do so without visas or with false passports.
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Thirdly, he would probably have had access to false passports.
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I understand that there is a strong and big business in dealing in false passports and birth certificates.
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Some come in on false passports because they cannot get genuine papers in their countries.
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Indeed, this is often true of the men as well, and on occasions false passports have been used.
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I believe that in dealing with the first category—those who attempt to gain entry by the use of false passports and documents—the unit will be of great help.
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Specialist forgery detection equipment is available at ports and airports to identify false passports and identity documents.
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Having discovered the persecution taking place, he immediately went to learn how to make false passports.
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One can purchase anonymous credit cards, bank accounts, encrypted global mobile telephones, and false passports.
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The false passports and some ammunition was found in the car.
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He claimed to have been offered a large sum of money, but denied that he had created the false passports.
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