exit ban

noun

A prohibition imposed on a person to prevent them from leaving a country.

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Meanings

nounexit ban (plural exit bans)

plural exit bans

  1. A prohibition imposed on a person to prevent them from leaving a country.

    Meanwhile Mr Xi has enacted a wide-ranging anti-espionage law, which has seen raids conducted on foreign consulting firms and exit bans reportedly used on foreign nationals.

    2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC
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APA

exit ban. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exit%20ban

MLA

“exit ban.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exit%20ban. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exit ban,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exit%20ban.

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