‖ rezidentsia
(rɛzɪˈdɛntsɪə)
Pl. rezidentsii.
[Russ., in same sense.]
= residentura.
| 1968 W. Garner Deep, Deep Freeze xi. 130 A rezidentsia is a network of Soviet ‘deep-cover’ agents working in a foreign country. Its members..are known as Illegals. Ibid., One country may have several independent and unrelated rezidentsii. |