1
as in to exile
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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2
as in to acquit
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 deport
On April 4, 2019, Barnica was again deported to Guatemala.
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Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
The toddler’s mother was detained approximately a year ago, and her father was detained at an immigration check-in and deported a few months later.
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Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
According to those sources, the final few detainees left the facility last week and were either transferred to other detention centers or were deported.
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Manuel Bojorquez,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The Republican governor said 21,000 people were deported through the facility.
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Jeffrey Collins,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
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Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
The toddler’s mother was detained approximately a year ago, and her father was detained at an immigration check-in and deported a few months later.
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Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
According to those sources, the final few detainees left the facility last week and were either transferred to other detention centers or were deported.
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Manuel Bojorquez,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The Republican governor said 21,000 people were deported through the facility.
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Jeffrey Collins,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deport
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Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
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Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for the impeachment of the Miami-Dade judge who acquitted a woman by reason of insanity in the 2021 death of her 15-month-old daughter, arguing the ruling threatens public safety.
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Weinstein was convicted of some charges and acquitted of others at trials in New York and California.
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Nothing else is working to banish the creepy specter of Jeffrey Epstein from his life.
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The real promise of the Tick Tock is that the day’s rhythms have been banished from its bright cocoon.
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Once, there was a showdown with another tour bus — one presumably not carrying theatergoers.
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The spacious purse comes with two strap options, so it can also be carried as a crossbody.
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So why did the filmmakers behind this cinematic reboot of DC‘s female answer to Superman relegate poor Krypto, who was such a big part of making last year’s Superman so much fun, to a mere cameo?
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They were relegated the following campaign, but finished second in the Championship last season to head back to the Premier League.
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Real Application Testing, also discounted, lets organizations assess how an application will behave under a patch or upgrade before deploying it in production, reducing the risk that a routine update or patch will break something critical.
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Treasury yields eased in the bond market after a report said inflation is behaving pretty much as economists expected.
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In February, Yantic Volunteer Fire Department was suspended after 178 years, and earlier this month, Taftville Fire Company claimed that it was evicted from its station house.
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In 2022-2023, the monks serving in the Ukrainian branch of the Moscow church were evicted from the monastery, accused of having ties to Russia.
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Of the many cruel aspects of slavery, the shackles used to restrain and dehumanize more than12 million Africans across three centuries may be the most visceral tangible reminder.
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He was apprehended by military police after being restrained and disarmed by fellow soldiers.
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“Deport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deport. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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