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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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
He is invited to parties and asked to mingle with the wealthy expatriate community.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
Leishmaniasis is rare in northern Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and had not been described as an endemic infection in the locals, expatriate guest workers or any of the Allied troops stationed in the region during World War II.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2011
Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
Turkey says Iranian intelligence was behind elaborate plot to kidnap opponent in Istanbul
The Iranian government in recent years has been accused of coordinating a string of daring plots to assassinate and abduct expatriate Iranians critical of it.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
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Noun
And the Lebanese expatriates who would crowd the village during vacations and holidays have mostly stayed away.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
He is invited to parties and asked to mingle with the wealthy expatriate community.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Verb
The biography is centered on the married couple Gerald and Sara Murphy, wealthy Americans who expatriated in the nineteen-twenties and devoted themselves to cultivating a bohemian life style in France.
—The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
Leishmaniasis is rare in northern Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and had not been described as an endemic infection in the locals, expatriate guest workers or any of the Allied troops stationed in the region during World War II.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2011
Adjective
The soon-to-open BAPS Hindu Mandir signals how far the United Arab Emirates has come in acknowledging the different faiths of its expatriate community, long dominated by Indians across construction sites and boardrooms.
—Jon Gambrell, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
Turkey says Iranian intelligence was behind elaborate plot to kidnap opponent in Istanbul
The Iranian government in recent years has been accused of coordinating a string of daring plots to assassinate and abduct expatriate Iranians critical of it.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriate. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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