enemy alien

Examples (10)

• During the war, he was imprisoned as an enemy alien.
• The government enacted strict laws regarding the registration of all enemy aliens.
• My grandfather, a citizen of Germany, was classified as an enemy alien in Britain during WWII.
• As an enemy alien, her movements were restricted, and she had to report to the police weekly.
• The legislation defined an enemy alien as any citizen of a nation with which the country was at war.
• Property belonging to those identified as enemy aliens was often confiscated by the state.
• Many people viewed their neighbors with suspicion, fearing they might be an enemy alien.
• He was interrogated for hours before being officially designated an enemy alien.
• Thousands of enemy aliens were held in internment camps for the duration of the conflict.
• The novel's protagonist struggles with his identity after being labeled an enemy alien in his adopted homeland.