mojado
n.— «Three officers with the Española Police Department called 17-year-old Juan Campos a mojado— the Spanish term for “wetback”— during a March 17 beating in his home.» —“Attorney: Cops Beat Man to ‘a Pulp’” by Jeremy Pawloski Albuquerque Journal (N.M.) Apr. 6, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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