To displace or uproot someone from their familiar surroundings or native place; to estrange someone from their homeland or accustomed environment.
From French 'dépayser,' combining 'de-' (away from) with 'pays' (country or region). The word carries the sense of removing someone from their established place.
French revolutionaries used this word to describe the experience of being torn from your homeland—it's more poetic than 'exile,' suggesting the emotional shock of displacement!
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