exile
noun
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
exiled
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past participleof exile.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof exile.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
exilenounexpulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
Example Sentences
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Navalnaya, 50, has become Russia's leading exiled opposition figure, touring the world to meet foreign leaders, organising opposition rallies and publishing investigations into the alleged corruption of Putin's inner circle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Some of the exiled had betrayed Britain decades earlier, their names allegedly appearing on a “naughty list” in the Soviet Embassy in London “in the wake of 1989.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
María Corina Machado, the exiled leader of the Venezuelan opposition and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, on Thursday raised her own worries about what the oil deal means for the future of Venezuela.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
In 2024 the former Liverpool winger joined Arsenal on loan, but upon returning to Chelsea in 2025 was exiled from the first-team squad and made to train separately.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Someone exiled by fate from a place he loved.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
