wolf's ticket

Calque of Russian во́лчий биле́т (vólčij bilét), calque of Polish wilczy bilet.

wolf's ticket (plural wolf's tickets)

1. (rare, historical) In tsarist and Stalinist-era Russia, a restricted internal passport issued to those suspected or convicted of political or other crimes which limited where they could travel and reside.
   • 1967, Konstantin Paustovsky, The Story of a Life, volume 3, page 241:

     […] now, we had narrowly escaped a terrible danger : absolutely certain expulsion with wolf's tickets two days before our graduation from the gymnasium.

• Do not confuse with wolf ticket.

• wolf tickets