exile

exile
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noun
1 being sent to live in another country
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ permanent
▪ enforced (esp. BrE), forced
▪ self-imposed, voluntary
▪ internal
▪

Many spent decades in prison or in internal exile.

▪ tax (BrE)
▪

They are in tax exile from the UK.

VERB + EXILE
▪ be driven into, be forced into, be sent into
▪ flee into, go into
▪

He went into exile after the overthrow of the government.

▪ live in
▪

They joined the many other Armenians living in exile.

▪ die in
▪ recall sb from
▪ return from
▪

He still hopes to return from exile one day.

PREPOSITION
▪ in exile
▪

She had spent 40 years in exile.

▪ exile from
▪

Dante died in exile from Florence.

▪ exile to
▪

his exile to America

PHRASES
▪ a place of exile, sb's return from exile
▪

the story of the emperor's return from exile

2 person forced to live in another country
ADJECTIVE
▪ political
▪ tax (esp. BrE)
▪ returning
EXILE + VERB
▪ live
▪

a political exile living in London

▪ return
▪

A general amnesty was granted, allowing political exiles to return freely.

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verb
ADVERB
▪ permanently, temporarily
▪ effectively
▪

He was effectively exiled after a failed bid for power.

▪ forcibly
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪

He was exiled for his beliefs.

▪ from
▪

The family was exiled from France.

▪ to
▪

He was exiled to Siberia.


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