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/klɑ̃.dɛs.tɛ̃/

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Translation

illegal immigrant (loaded; often pejorative, sans-papiers is the neutral term); stowaway (passager clandestin)

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Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralclandestins

Examples

, .

The papers back then talked about 'illegals', but these days people tend to say 'undocumented migrants'.

France .

He lived in France without papers for two years before he got his documents.

.

Two stowaways were found in a lorry.

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