repatriate
pronunciation
How to pronounce repatriate in British English:
UK [ˌriːˈpætrieɪt]
How to pronounce repatriate in American English:
US [ˌriːˈpeɪtrieɪt]
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- Noun:
- a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
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- Verb:
- send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
- admit back into the country
Word Origin
- repatriate (v.)
- 1610s, from Late Latin repatriatus, past participle of repatriare "return to one's country" (see repatriation). Related: Repatriated; repatriating.
Example
- 1. It pledges to repatriate mr thaksin as part of a political-amnesty scheme .
- 2. Because few illegal immigrants have papers , it 's hard to repatriate them .
- 3. Yemeni officials told cnn they could not identify the passport and the pakistani government had not requested to repatriate anyone at the compound .
- 4. Amnesty international issued a statement wednesday urging china not to repatriate any more north koreans .
- 5. They helped repatriate brenda martin , a canadian convicted of money laundering in mexico .