deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē 
di-
: one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation
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Examples of deportee in a Sentence
the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
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The flight, carrying 110 deportees, was arranged in cooperation with Chinese authorities, the Department of Homeland Security said.
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Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
Zelenskyy laid out the three points that are of global focus that will be key to the peace formula: radiation and nuclear safety, food security and the release of prisoners and deportees.
—Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 15 June 2024
Supposedly, the deportees, many of whom were in their 60s or 70s, did not have sufficient documentation to prove their right to live in Britain.
—Balaji Ravichandran, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
It was later confirmed by deportees who were still in contact with me that those who had been returned to Khartoum were quickly sent to a secret police detention facility in the city’s north and that others had been placed in a prison outside of the city.
—Aaron Williams, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2016
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Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
Zelenskyy laid out the three points that are of global focus that will be key to the peace formula: radiation and nuclear safety, food security and the release of prisoners and deportees.
—Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 15 June 2024
Supposedly, the deportees, many of whom were in their 60s or 70s, did not have sufficient documentation to prove their right to live in Britain.
—Balaji Ravichandran, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
It was later confirmed by deportees who were still in contact with me that those who had been returned to Khartoum were quickly sent to a secret police detention facility in the city’s north and that others had been placed in a prison outside of the city.
—Aaron Williams, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2016
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deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtē
: a person who has been deported or is under an order of deportation
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