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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Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 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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Designers are making the claim that the humble sweater, long relegated to serving as a convenient layer beneath tailoring and outerwear, can also be the main attraction.

— Jon Roth, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2026
Despite the victory, they were still relegated to Spain’s second division, but the strike was nominated for the club’s goal of the year award for 2025.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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