repatriate

🇺🇸 /ˌriːˈpeɪtrieɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌriːˈpætrieɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
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verb
R

to return someone to their home country

The government decided to repatriate the refugees.

R

to send money back to one's home country

The company repatriated its profits to the home country.

translation

v. to return someone to their home country; to send money back to one's home country

Word Forms

3rd Present repatriates
Past repatriated
Perfect repatriated
Progressive repatriating