refoul

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verb

To refuse entry to a country and repatriate (an immigrant or asylum-seeker)

OriginFrench refouler →
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Meanings

verbrefoul (third-person singular simple present refouls, present participle refouling, simple past and past participle refouled)

present singular third person refouls · participle present refouling · participle past refouled · past refouled

  1. To refuse entry to a country and repatriate (an immigrant or asylum-seeker)

Origin

  1. Frenchrefouler
  2. Englishrefoul

From French refouler.

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Anagrams

fouler
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APA

refoul. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refoul

MLA

“refoul.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refoul. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refoul,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refoul.

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