expatriatenoun [ C ]
uk/ekˈspæt.ri.ət/us/ekˈspeɪ.tri.ət/informal expat,someone who does not live in their own country:
A large community of expatriates has settled there.
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- Afro
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
- motherland
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- state
- state-controlled
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expatriate
adjective uk/ekˈspæt.ri.ət/us/ekˈspeɪ.tri.ət/
an expatriate Scot
expatriateverb [ T ]
uk/ekˈspæt.ri.eɪt/us/ekˈspeɪ.tri.eɪt/formalto use force or law to remove someone from their own country:
The new leaders expatriated the ruling family.
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Punishing someone by sending them somewhere else
- banish
- deport
- deportee
- exile
- expel
- expulsion
- extraordinary rendition
- rid
- send
- send sb down
- send sb off
- shun
- transport