| 单词 | pass raid |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspass raid pass raid n. now historical (in South Africa) a raid carried out by the police to check that black Africans' passes (cf. sense 7e) are in order. ΚΠ 1958 New Statesman 8 Nov. 619/3 ‘Pass raids’ are so commonplace in Johannesburg that even few liberal whites experience any real shock when they see a group of 10 or 20 Africans under police guard on a street corner. 1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) 55 In our eyes, there was an unmistakeable link between such fascism and the larger workings of apartheid, between short-back-and-sides haircuts and pass raids. < as lemmas |
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