fauji
n.— «The young, mostly male Punjabis are not lawfully in Britain and they have few legal rights. They are known as “Faujis,” a Punjabi term colloquially used to describe illegal immigrants, and are mostly poor farmers from the Punjab in India.» —“Three quizzed in migration probe” BBC News (United Kingdom) July 17, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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