1
as in exiled
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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as in acquitted
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
deported herself with grace and propriety at the country club cotillion
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Recent Examples of deported
Most people deported to Tapachula are not from southern Mexico, said Ivana Saldivar, who heads the Tapachula office of the United Nations' International Organization for Migration.
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Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
That comment had been recorded by Von when a fan told him her friend got deported and asked him to record a message.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
The overwhelming majority of the deported this year have never been convicted of anything.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
If her appeal for political asylum fails, she could be deported at any moment.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
He was deported in 2013 and again in 2020 after serving prison time for his offenses.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Some of the migrants are headed home after being deported from the United States.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Flores-Ruiz pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the United States from Mexico after being deported in 2013.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The administration has gleefully posted imagery of individuals being rounded up and deported to a high-security, low-human rights facility in El Salvador.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
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Like, part of committing to that kind of vocation is to be taken away, to be exiled, to be on the outside, to be alienated, and how often that happens.—
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Being exiled far from their families and communities imposes a sense of isolation on the prisoners' sudden freedom after decades living behind bars.—
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Dugan pleaded not guilty, and she was acquitted on a lesser misdemeanor charge.—
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Only four were acquitted of all charges, according to NPR; the rest were found guilty by judge or jury on at least some counts.—
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Vladimir Lenin in Russia, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran all spent more than 15 years in exile before returning to lead revolutions that toppled the regimes that had banished them.—
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One of the most painful parts of this show remains seeing people who are so good at being on television banished from our screens.—
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At low electron densities, excitons behaved normally.—
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The latter already behaved well, and the former does not care.—
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Thus far, Arsenal’s excellent form has relegated the injuries to a subplot.—
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And that feeling of attachment, as Friedman sees it, is not relegated to vintage.—
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Middleton first carried the Small Hudson bag from DeMellier in a rich mocha brown while attending Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Estate.—
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Bison have carried their stories, teachings, and responsibilities for centuries.—
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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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