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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Deportations to Laos have historically been difficult, but the Trump administration has pressured the country into taking deportees, the outlet reported.
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Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Earlier this year, the Trump administration paid Bukele’s government $6 million to detain hundreds of Venezuelan deportees in the country’s megaprison known as CECOT, where extreme overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, and violence have been documented.
—Elizabeth Bratton, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
His mother recognized him in the photos of the deportees to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
—ProPublica, 23 July 2025
Some of those approached by the US, such as Nigeria, have decried being pressured to take in foreign deportees.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
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Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Earlier this year, the Trump administration paid Bukele’s government $6 million to detain hundreds of Venezuelan deportees in the country’s megaprison known as CECOT, where extreme overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, and violence have been documented.
—Elizabeth Bratton, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
His mother recognized him in the photos of the deportees to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
—ProPublica, 23 July 2025
Some of those approached by the US, such as Nigeria, have decried being pressured to take in foreign deportees.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 18 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 20 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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