exit ban

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exit ban (plural exit bans)

  1. A prohibition imposed on a person to prevent them from leaving a country.
    • 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC[1]:
      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.