expatriate
verb (used with object)
to banish (a person) from their native country.
have expatriated
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present perfectof expatriate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The brand’s aesthetic loyalties have expatriated to where the gold is.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2010
Some few have left their country for their country's good and some have expatriated themselves because, as they explain in bursts of confidence, living is cheaper in France than it is in America.
From Europe Revised by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
It has seemed strange to some that an American should have written such a book as "Lady Alice," the author of which appears, at first sight, to have expatriated his mind, if not his heart.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various
