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Expatriate
01
a person who lives outside their native country, often by choice, whether for work, lifestyle, or personal reasons
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
expatriates
Examples
She 's a Danish expatriate living in Spain.
to expatriate
01
to banish or force an individual to live in another country
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
expatriate
3rd person singular
expatriates
Present participle
expatriating
Past simple
expatriated
Past participle
expatriated
Examples
The authoritarian regime decided to expatriate political dissidents who posed a threat to its authority.
