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Underground railroad

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The pre-American Civil War anti-slavery resistance movement dedicated to helping escaped slaves to reach safe territory. historical
Noun
  1. 1
    A clandestine network used to exfiltrate dissidents out of their country.

    "The trio quickly went underground, hiding in a friend’s house in their home city of Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far East, while seeking a way to escape the country and potentially lengthy prison sentences. That brought them to a group called In Transit, part of an extensive underground railroad that is rescuing hundreds of Russians who have been targeted for expressing opposition to the invasion of Ukraine or even sympathy for Ukrainian refugees."

Etymology

After the historical Underground Railroad in the United States.

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