crimalien
n.— «The venomous rhetoric: A popular Boston talk show host calls them “crimaliens.”…Should Massachusetts allow illegal immigrants the right to attend state colleges at in-state tuition rates it won’t be the end of the world.» —“Putting a few issues on the table” by Jeff Adair Framingham Tab (Mass.) May 12, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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