"exiles" in the noun sense
1. exile, expatriate, expat
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country
"American expatriates"
2. exile, deportee
a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
3. exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation
the act of expelling a person from their native land
"men in exile dream of hope"
"his deportation to a penal colony"
"the expatriation of wealthy farmers"
"the sentence was one of transportation for life"
"exiles" in the verb sense
1. expatriate, deport, exile
expel from a country
"The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"
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