Definition of Refusenik
Refusenik
re·fuse·nik


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(noun)
a citizen of the former Soviet Union who was forbidden from emigrating, especially a Jew refused permission to emigrate to Israel;

e.g. The refusenik began to consider how he might attempt to leave the country illegally.



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