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100 Words Every Border Guard Should Know

June 10, 2026

100 Words Every Border Guard Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. alert warning of possible danger
2. alien foreign national in law
3. ammunition bullets or shells
4. application formal request for permission
5. approval official agreement or acceptance
6. arrival coming to a place
7. asylum protection sought from danger
8. baggage bags and personal belongings
9. boarding pass document allowing boarding
10. border line between countries
11. bus large road passenger vehicle
12. business work or commercial activity
13. cargo goods carried by transport
14. checkpoint official place for inspection
15. citizenship legal status as a citizen
16. clearance official permission to proceed
17. contraband illegally transported goods
18. crew staff working on a vehicle
19. crossing place to pass a border
20. customs border control for goods
21. declaration official statement of goods
22. declare state goods officially
23. departure leaving a place
24. destination place someone is going
25. detain hold someone temporarily
26. detention temporary official holding
27. document official paper or record
28. drug illegal narcotic or medicine
29. emergency serious urgent situation
30. employer person or company hiring workers
31. entry act of coming into a country
32. exit act of leaving a country
33. expired no longer valid
34. extradition transfer for foreign prosecution
35. fever high body temperature
36. fingerprint mark pattern on a finger
37. firearm gun or similar weapon
38. flight journey by airplane
39. forged falsely made to deceive
40. fraud deception for illegal gain
41. gate controlled point of passage
42. guard person protecting a place
43. guardian person legally responsible
44. hands visible keep your hands in sight
45. host person receiving a visitor
46. hotel place offering paid lodging
47. illegal against the law
48. immigration control of people entering countries
49. inspection official close examination
50. insurance financial protection against loss
51. interview formal conversation for information
52. invoice bill listing goods
53. license official permission document
54. manifest official passenger or cargo list
55. migrant person moving to live elsewhere
56. minor person under legal age
57. missing not present or found
58. nationality country of legal belonging
59. occupation person’s job or profession
60. officer official person in authority
61. origin place something comes from
62. overstay stay longer than allowed
63. passport official travel identity document
64. patrol watching an area regularly
65. permit official written permission
66. plate vehicle registration sign
67. prohibited officially forbidden
68. purpose reason for doing something
69. quarantine isolation to prevent disease
70. questioning formal asking of questions
71. queue line of waiting people
72. receipt proof of purchase
73. refugee person fleeing danger
74. refusal official decision to deny
75. registration official recording of details
76. reservation booking made in advance
77. restricted limited by official rules
78. scan check with a device
79. screening security checking process
80. search look through carefully
81. shipment goods sent together
82. smuggling illegal movement of goods
83. stamp mark placed on a document
84. stolen taken unlawfully
85. suspect person thought involved
86. ticket travel document for transport
87. trafficking illegal trade or transport
88. train rail transport vehicle
89. transit traveling through a place
90. truck large road goods vehicle
91. vaccination protective disease injection
92. valid officially acceptable and current
93. vehicle machine used for transport
94. vessel ship or large boat
95. visa entry permission in a passport
96. wait stay until allowed
97. warrant official order for action
98. watchlist list of monitored persons
99. weapon object used to harm
100. work job or labor activity

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