deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē 
di-
: one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation
Examples of deportee in a Sentence
the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
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Fox News Digital could not immediately reach the White House or the Department of Homeland Security for questions about whether the U.S. will pay third-party nations to host U.S. deportees.
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Homan says the Administration is in talks with three more countries to accept U.S. deportees.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 June 2025
Homeland Security is holding eight deportees under 24/7 guard at a U.S. military base in Djibouti.
—Luke Broadwater Eric Schmitt Glenn Thrush Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 7 June 2025
What People Are Saying One of the deportees, Thongxay Nilakout, was convicted of killing German tourist Gisela Pfleger and wounding her husband, Klaus, and later released by a parole board.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
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Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Homan says the Administration is in talks with three more countries to accept U.S. deportees.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 June 2025
Homeland Security is holding eight deportees under 24/7 guard at a U.S. military base in Djibouti.
—Luke Broadwater Eric Schmitt Glenn Thrush Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 7 June 2025
What People Are Saying One of the deportees, Thongxay Nilakout, was convicted of killing German tourist Gisela Pfleger and wounding her husband, Klaus, and later released by a parole board.
—Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for deportee
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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportee. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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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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