Sekirov Dictionary

repatriate

UK /ɹiːˈpæ.tɹi.eɪt/US /ɹiːˈpeɪ.tɹi.eɪt/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 3

verb3

•
To restore (a person) to their own country.
- Early in 1948, a rumor spread through camp that the Japanese prisoners of war were finally going to be allowed to go home, that a ship would be sent to repatriate us in the spring. — 1997
•
To return or restore (artworks, museum exhibits, etc.) to their country of origin.
- Greece repatriated an Athenian frieze from France, arranging for it to be sent back to Athens.
- France repatriated an Athenian frieze back to Greece.
To convert a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country.

noun1

A person who has returned to their country of origin or whose original citizenship has been restored.

forms

repatriated · repatriating · repatriates

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