legal resident

legal resident
   a spy accredited as a diplomat
   As different from the illegal resident who spies in the host country under cover:
    ... he should never have been appointed to the vital position of legal resident in the USA. (Deighton, 1981 — he was a Russian spy)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Resident spy — In espionage operational techniques, a chief of station may be known as a resident. There may also be multiple chiefs; for instance, Russia probably still operates GRU military and SVR civilian. There are two types of resident spies: legals and… …   Wikipedia

  • Resident Identity Card — Second generation identification card Chinese name Simplified Chinese 居民身份证 …   Wikipedia

  • Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles — North American box art Developer(s) Capcom Cavia Publisher(s) …   Wikipedia

  • resident — res‧i‧dent [ˈrezdnt] noun [countable] 1. someone who lives permanently in a particular place: • Interest is paid to UK residents without further liability to basic rate tax. • Mining companies provided mainly unskilled work for local residents …   Financial and business terms

  • resident — res·i·dent / re zə dənt/ n: one who has a residence in a particular place but does not necessarily have the status of a citizen compare citizen 1, domiciliary resident adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merr …   Law dictionary

  • Legal personality — (also artificial personality, juridical personality, and juristic personality) is the characteristic of a non human entity regarded by law to have the status of a person. A legal person (Latin: persona ficta), (also artificial person, juridical… …   Wikipedia

  • Legal education in the Philippines — is developed and offered by Philippine law schools, supervised by the Legal Education Board, and regulated by the Commission on Higher Education and the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Law degree programs are considered graduate programs in the …   Wikipedia

  • resident alien — noun count AMERICAN LEGAL someone from another country who has legal permission to live in the U.S …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Legal fiction — In the common law tradition, legal fictions are suppositions of fact taken to be true by the courts of law, but which are not necessarily true. They typically are used to evade archaic rules of procedure or to extend the jurisdiction of the… …   Wikipedia

  • resident alien — 1. an alien who has legally established residence in the U.S. 2. an alien who has legally entered the U.S. as an immigrant with the intention of becoming a citizen. * * * resident alien UK US noun [countable] [singular resident alien plural… …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”