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persona non grata

noun

NAmE//pərˌsoʊnə nɑn ˈɡrɑt̮ə//

[uncountable] (from Latin)

a person who is not welcome in a particular place because of something they have said or done, especially one who is told to leave a country by the government Their ambassador was declared persona non grata and forced to leave the country.

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