as in deportation
the forced removal from a homeland
the brutal expatriation of thousands of Cherokee to Indian Territory is now commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears
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Recent Examples of expatriation
The State Department does not publish statistics on the number of Americans who choose to renounce their citizenship each year and referred Newsweek to a quarterly report on expatriations published by the Treasury Department in April featuring hundreds of names.
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Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2026
In a recent American Expats Survey by The Harris Poll, 38% of the 6,358 respondents cited cheaper, better health care as a reason for considering expatriation.
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Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
The transfer tax applies to transfers by the covered expatriate of worldwide property, regardless of when the expatriate acquired it, whether before or after expatriation.
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Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Still, there’s evidence that interest in expatriation is on the rise.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2025
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2026
In a recent American Expats Survey by The Harris Poll, 38% of the 6,358 respondents cited cheaper, better health care as a reason for considering expatriation.
—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
The transfer tax applies to transfers by the covered expatriate of worldwide property, regardless of when the expatriate acquired it, whether before or after expatriation.
—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Still, there’s evidence that interest in expatriation is on the rise.
—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriation
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But the court also said the people facing deportation must pursue their cases individually where they are being held, under what are called habeas petitions, rather than collectively, under what is called a class action.
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Nearly half of all respondents in deportation proceedings filed in California courts do not have legal representation, according to TRAC data.
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Accra’s 1969 migrant expulsion and Uganda’s mass ban three years later both triggered capital flight and supply chain chaos.
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The poems explore themes of loss, identity, artmaking and the natural world, as well as the 1885 expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Eureka, California.
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“Expatriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriation. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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