exile

exile
ex|ile1 [ˈeksaıl, ˈegzaıl] n
[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: exil, from Latin exilium, from exul 'person sent away']
1.) [singular, U]
a situation in which you are forced to leave your country and live in another country, especially for political reasons
in exile
a writer now living in exile
He went into exile to escape political imprisonment.
force/drive sb into exile
The house was raided and the family was forced into exile.
He spent many years in enforced exile.
voluntary/self-imposed exile
She had been in voluntary exile since 1990.
2.)
someone who has been forced to live in exile
political exiles
→↑tax exile
exile 2
exile2 v [T usually passive]
to force someone to leave their country, especially for political reasons
exile sb to sth
Several of the leaders were arrested and exiled to France.
exile sb from sth
a dictator who was exiled from his home country
the exiled former president

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