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What (who) is Asylum - definition
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Asylums; Asylum (movie); Asylum (television); Assylum; Asylum (single); Asylum (video game); Asylum (disambiguation); Asylum (film); Asylum (comic); Asylum (album); Asylum (song); Asylum (novel); Asylum (1972 film); Asylum (TV series)
asylum
n.
1) to grant asylum to
2) to receive; seek asylum
3) to deny smb. asylum
4) political asylum (they were granted political asylum)
asylum
¦ noun
1. the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee.
shelter or protection from danger.
2. dated an institution for the care of the mentally ill.
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk asulon 'refuge', from asulos 'inviolable', from a- 'without' + sulon 'right of seizure'.
asylum
n.
1.
Sanctuary, shelter, retreat, refuge, place of refuge.
2.
Charitable institution, retreat (for the afflicted).
Examples of use of Asylum
1. No more immigration, then repatriate foreign criminals, illegal immigrants, bogus asylum seekers, failed asylum seekers.
2. At present the National Asylum Support Service is housing 820 asylum seekers in Liverpool.
3. Zimbabwean asylum seekers Two former Labour ministers attacked the government‘s handling of Zimbabwean asylum seekers.
4. The killer asylum seekers Two of the armed gang who gunned her down in a bungled robbery were asylum seekers.
5. The Home Office says 6,010 Kenyans applied for asylum, of whom 440 were given asylum or allowed to stay.