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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Since President Donald Trump took office, Venezuela has received more than 7,000 deportees.
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
The Justice Department brought charges against more than a dozen defendants in the July 4 attack against an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot in the neck defending the center holding prospective deportees.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Third Country Removal Agreements Nations accepting U.S. deportees from countries other than their own
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—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Potential deportees are moved onto buses and forcibly marched off the vehicles to an unknown destination.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 July 2025
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
The Justice Department brought charges against more than a dozen defendants in the July 4 attack against an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot in the neck defending the center holding prospective deportees.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Third Country Removal Agreements Nations accepting U.S. deportees from countries other than their own
Country
All series are visible.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Potential deportees are moved onto buses and forcibly marched off the vehicles to an unknown destination.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 July 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 7 Aug. 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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