deported

verb

past tense of deport
1
as in exiled
to force to leave a country deported them back to their country of birth

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2
as in acquitted
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 deported Shelbit hadn’t been licensed by VARA since 2025, while one of its owners was deported from the UAE in April. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 Between April and July, 16,078 nationals mostly from Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique were deported through the country's Lindela Repatriation Centre. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Rubio, a data analyst, was set to be deported but was released on June 19, three weeks after being granted asylum by an immigration judge. — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Another woman holding a stack of documents is there with her son and wanted to make sure her children could come with her if she is deported. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 For those detained For people who do not have a final order of removal and have never been to immigration court, there’s a process that has to take place before they can be deported. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
  1. exiled
  2. acquitted
  3. banished
  4. behaved
  5. relegated
  6. carried
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  • The novel, reissued this fall, by McNally Editions, takes the form of a memoir by a German Jewish intellectual historian, exiled to New York.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973, and Crown Prince Pavlos’ parents, King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie, were exiled from the country, only returning in 2013.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of exiled
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  • Eventually in 2015, Knox and Sollecito were acquitted by Italy's highest court after maintaining their innocence and several appeals.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Eight defendants were later found guilty of crimes linked to the robbery and two defendants were acquitted.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of acquitted
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  • Ransoms were paid, with Carlos taking much of the $50 million himself, leading him to be banished from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Most of us reach for breezy linen pants and flowy maxi dresses during summer, leaving our denim banished to the back of the closet.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
Definition of banished
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  • But the second, subdominant charge density wave, behaved very differently.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike most six‑figure exotics that depreciate as predictably as the setting sun, the 911 has behaved like a blue‑chip asset, giving owners confidence that their purchase rested on unusually solid financial ground.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of behaved
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  • Rather than being relegated to the scrap yard, the structure was placed into storage and is scheduled to go on public display when the London Museum reopens in November.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Death had become bureaucratized—removed from the home and relegated to the hospital—and secularized, stripped of ritual and fixed meaning.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of relegated
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  • Wrapped in a blue blanket, the young woman was carried to an ambulance as firefighters embraced and onlookers cheered.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Catherine, Princess of Wales has carried the label repeatedly, including its Nano Montreal and Hudson styles, while Beyoncé, Anne Hathaway and other high-profile customers have helped extend its recognition internationally.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of carried

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