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to expatriate

to expatriate

7.7
To force someone to leave their country as punishment
  • verb
  • /ɛkˈspeɪtriət/
  • Formal
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  • These implications were seemingly confirmed by the testimonies of exiled and expatriated Algerian soldiers and security officers who claimed to have participated in the massacres themselves.

Examples

  • Many citizens fear that they might be expatriated if they continue to protest the new laws.

  • Being deported, expelled, proscribed, expatriated, or simply freely leaving one's homeland implies prolonged separation from one's native country.

    Academic text (1998)

  • With the end of the Second World War and the Allied victory, which drove German forces out of Iran and expatriated Reza Shah in 1941, this coalition was abolished.

    Academic text (1996)

  • My husband and I "live" on the Big Island—written in quotes because I'm writing this from Indonesia, where our jobs currently are and where we have spent most of our working lives as expatriated Americans.

    Blog text (10)

  • The government decided to expatriate the political dissident for speaking out against the regime.

  • The oppressive regime chose to expatriate anyone who opposed its policies.

Synonyms

to expel
vsto expatriate
194 5.0

Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order

is specifically about banishing a person from their native country rather than any place
to deport
vsto expatriate
  • Formal
182 5.5

To force someone to leave a country for legal or political reasons

is a banishment from a native country that can be nonlegal or informal
to exile
vsto expatriate
46 5.6

To force someone to leave their country, often for political reasons

is broader banishment from a native country rather than only political punishment

Antonyms

to repatriate
13 7.4

To send someone back to their own country

How Severe

to expatriate
  • Formal
7.7
to deport
  • Formal
182 5.5
to expel
194 5.0
to send away
43 3.0

Surface Forms

expatriate infinitive
expatriated past
expatriated past participle
expatriating present participle
expatriates third person singular

Morphology

expatriate = ex + patri + ate

The parts ex- ('out') + patri- ('homeland') + -ate suggest 'send out of the country', but patri- is a combining form (not a standalone English word) and the nuance of forcible banishment is not fully predictable from morphology.

Etymology

Expatriate comes from Latin parts ex- ('out of') and patria ('country'), the same root as patriot, and originally meant to put someone 'out of their country'. That's why it can mean to force someone to leave their home country.