as in to exile
to force to leave a country
members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well
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as in immigrant
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Recent Examples of expatriate
Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
This work provided a full understanding of Japanese business culture and granted her the opportunity to live for five years as an expatriate in Silicon Valley.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Turgenev was also one of the earliest Russian writers to be lionized by Westerners—not just by close friends like Flaubert but also by later figures (some of them expatriates themselves), such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad.
—The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
After nearly a decade in expatriate limbo, word finally came that the Abdis’ refugee application had been accepted.
—Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Loser of the Week Michael McMahon, a retired NYPD sergeant turned private detective, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his part in harassing and stalking a Chinese expatriate named Xu Jin, who is wanted by his homeland’s government.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
This work provided a full understanding of Japanese business culture and granted her the opportunity to live for five years as an expatriate in Silicon Valley.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
And some plan to expatriate to a nation with a friendlier tax code.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Turgenev was also one of the earliest Russian writers to be lionized by Westerners—not just by close friends like Flaubert but also by later figures (some of them expatriates themselves), such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad.
—The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Adjective
As more Americans take on international roles, stock options have become a key part of the expatriate executive’s compensation package, especially when working for foreign employers.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
After nearly a decade in expatriate limbo, word finally came that the Abdis’ refugee application had been accepted.
—Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
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Noun
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Views on refugees generally The poll — which sampled 1,560 U.S. adults May 22-27 — began by asking respondents for their general views on refugees, who typically flee their home country due to violence or persecution.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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Nawrocki, 42, a newcomer to politics who previously ran a national remembrance institute, campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies favour Poles over other nationalities, including refugees from neighbouring Ukraine.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
Verb
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The original Tulsa King stars Stallone as a New York mobster who is exiled to Oklahoma and builds up his own new crime empire.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
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The show follows Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector, Donny ‘Fitz’ Fitzpatrick, who digs too deeply into a local politician’s nefarious activity, and is exiled to work in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Their preferred solution to informational complexity—that certain ideas and the people associated with them were Bad and Wrong and needed to be banished from the public sphere—wasn’t much better.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
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Through his tight leadership that began with the fifth season, delays became a thing of the past, unceremoniously banished to the farthest reaches of the Central Finite Curve.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Recently, Bukele passed a law cracking down on human rights, pro-democracy and anti-corruption groups that receive foreign funding.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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Huang received significant monetary gifts from her foreign, non-resident parents in 2015 and 2016.—
Matthew L. Roberts,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriate. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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