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.
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In addition, the DAM has repatriated, completely apart from NAGPRA and on a voluntary basis, 18 art works, including the return of a war god to the Pueblo of Zuni in 1979, even prior to the enactment of NAGPRA, and art works to the Blackfeet Nation in 1995.
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W. Richard West, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
Two of those were in the Keys, involving a 60-foot yacht carrying about 30 Haitians and a Cuban chug transporting 16 people who were eventually repatriated.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 11 June 2024
The negotiations were hung up for 18 months by the U.S. demand that prisoners of war get to choose whether to be repatriated—a position driven by an ideological desire to show that communism held less appeal than democracy, and by domestic political pressure to look tough.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Germany also agreed to help with the construction of the David Adjaye–designed Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City, which is expected to house repatriated Benin Bronzes, among other objects.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2021
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W. Richard West, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
Two of those were in the Keys, involving a 60-foot yacht carrying about 30 Haitians and a Cuban chug transporting 16 people who were eventually repatriated.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 11 June 2024
The negotiations were hung up for 18 months by the U.S. demand that prisoners of war get to choose whether to be repatriated—a position driven by an ideological desire to show that communism held less appeal than democracy, and by domestic political pressure to look tough.
—Carter Malkasian, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Germany also agreed to help with the construction of the David Adjaye–designed Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City, which is expected to house repatriated Benin Bronzes, among other objects.
—Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2021
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repatriate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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