Etymology

refoul

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Today it means: To refuse entry to a country and repatriate (an immigrant or asylum-seeker) Full definition →

French refouler
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  1. French · derived fromrefouler
  2. English todayrefoul

From French refouler.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.