repatriate
IPA: ripˈeɪtrieɪt
noun
- A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.
verb
- (transitive) To restore (a person) to their own country.
- (transitive) To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin.
- (transitive) To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.
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Examples of "repatriate" in Sentences
- The Manhattan set sail for Tokyo to repatriate the sailors.
- The family was repatriated to the Netherlands after the war.
- After the war the airfield was used to repatriate prisoners of war.
- In October 1946, the Soviets began to repatriate the remaining Japanese.
- Upon locating the remains, the aim was to repatriate the ashes of the dead.
- Efforts to repatriate the locomotive back to the UK have been unsuccessful.
- The Nyungar community began efforts to locate and repatriate the head in 1990.
- The U.S. Justice Department's refUSED to repatriate Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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