Expatriate

[ɪks'pætrɪət;-'peɪtrɪət;eks-] or [,ɛks'petrɪət]

Definition

(verb.) move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad.

(verb.) expel from a country; 'The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions'.

Checker: Lucille--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

(v. t.) Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.

Typist: Serena

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Banish, exile, ostracize, proscribe, expel (from one's country).

Checker: Tom

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See BANISH]

Typist: Rex

Definition

v.t. to send out of one's native country: to banish or exile.—n. Expatriā′tion act of expatriating: exile voluntary or compulsory.

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