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Stowaway
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stowaway
- An alien coming to the United States surreptitiously on an airplane or vessel without legal status of admission. Such an alien is subject to denial of formal admission and return to the point of embarkation by the transportation carrier.
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services