exile

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [U,sing.] the state of being sent to live in another country that is not your own, especially for political reasons or as a punishment: to be / live in exile * to be forced / sent into exile * to go into exile * a place of exile * He returned after 40 years of exile. 2 [C] a person who chooses, or is forced to live away from his or her own country: political exiles * a tax exile (= a rich person who moves to another country where taxes are lower) verb [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb (from...) to force sb to leave their country, especially for political reasons or as a punishment; to send sb into exile: the party's exiled leaders * an American, exiled from his homeland