repatriate
verb
re·pa·tri·ate
(ˌ)rē-ˈpā-trē-ˌāt 
-ˈpa-
repatriated; repatriating
: to restore or return to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship
repatriate prisoners of war
Examples of repatriate in a Sentence
Countries are required to repatriate prisoners of war when conflict has ended.
Recent Examples on the Web
And organizations need straightforward ways to repatriate data and workloads from public cloud to private systems.
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Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Tay expects the yen to reach about 143 to the dollar, but if Japanese life insurance companies and pension funds start repatriating more yen back to Japan, the currency could go to 135 against the greenback.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
But chaos in the country has not stopped neighboring governments from repatriating Haitian migrants by the tens of thousands.
—Hira Humayun, CNN, 19 July 2024
And this week, nearly four decades after it had been stolen, the watch was repatriated at his family home.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 June 2024
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Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Tay expects the yen to reach about 143 to the dollar, but if Japanese life insurance companies and pension funds start repatriating more yen back to Japan, the currency could go to 135 against the greenback.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
But chaos in the country has not stopped neighboring governments from repatriating Haitian migrants by the tens of thousands.
—Hira Humayun, CNN, 19 July 2024
And this week, nearly four decades after it had been stolen, the watch was repatriated at his family home.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 28 June 2024
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repatriate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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