: the act or process of restoring or returning someone or something to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship : the act of repatriating or the state of being repatriated
While officials privately acknowledge there is scant legal basis for repatriation, their public statements suggest that they would use lawsuits, diplomatic pressure and shame to bring home looted objects—not unlike Italy, Greece and Egypt, which have sought, with some success, to recover antiquities in European and American museums. Andrew Jacobs
They say they have that right under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which requires that human remains and artifacts be returned to Indian tribes that can show a cultural link. Timothy Egan
This left him an illegal immigrant in Hong Kong, subject to arrest and repatriation at any time. Nicholas D. Kristof
ADJECTIVE | VERB + REPATRIATION | REPATRIATION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤compulsory, forced, forcible強制性遣返;強行遣返◇The party advocates compulsory repatriation of immigrants who commit a crime.該黨主張強制性遣返犯罪的移民。➤voluntary自願遣返VERB + REPATRIATION➤await, face等待/面臨遣返◇refugees awaiting repatriation等待遣返的難民◇Mexican American workers faced forced repatriation.墨西哥裔美國工人面臨強制遣返。REPATRIATION + NOUN➤programme/program遣返方案➤process (especially NAmE) 遣返過程PREPOSITION➤repatriation from從⋯的遣返◇voluntary repatriation of people from the disputed territory to their homes從爭議地區回國的自願遣返➤repatriation to遣返回PHRASES➤the repatriation of profits利潤調撥回國