EXPATRIATED Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

expatriated

verb

past tense of expatriate

as in exiled

to force to leave a country members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well

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Recent Examples of expatriated By the early Aughts, Christopher Hitchens, Niall Ferguson, and many others had expatriated and joined America’s vast intellectual-industrial complex. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

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The outlet notes that at the same referendum, male heirs of Italy’s last king (aka sons of the Savoy family) were exiled and barred from ever entering the country.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
Meaningful opposition is effectively nonexistent in Russia, with critics either barred, in jail or exiled abroad.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of exiled

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Their situation is nothing like that of Prince Andrew, for example, who was stripped of all his titles and has now been banished to Sandringham.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
Characters banished or murdered early in one version emerge victorious in another.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

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Separately, the administration deported an Afghan man to the Central African Republic despite a prior judicial protection order over fears his family could face Taliban retaliation.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
The group includes at least 113 former beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status, who were deported mere days after being detained in the United States, according to Haitian government records.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

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With the rise of activewear as a high-fashion option, black biker shorts are no longer relegated to yoga studios and barre classes.

— Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2026
That’s basically the role that Black women have been sort of relegated to — to be truth tellers.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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