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
None of us knew when we would be deported.
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Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
His brother was later deported.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
The father was deported to Mexico, while the mother remains in detention, their son said.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Previously, foreign nationals caught illegally trading in gold were simply deported.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed Assembly Bill 495, a measure allowing a broader range of relatives to act as caregivers for children if their parents are deported—a move that has ignited fierce backlash from conservative groups.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Instead, they were deported to Egypt, the Palestinian Prisoners' Authority and the nongovernmental Prisoners' Club said in a statement.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Another 154 prisoners were deported to Egypt, most of them convicted of violent offenses including murder.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
His brother was later deported.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
The father was deported to Mexico, while the mother remains in detention, their son said.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
Previously, foreign nationals caught illegally trading in gold were simply deported.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed Assembly Bill 495, a measure allowing a broader range of relatives to act as caregivers for children if their parents are deported—a move that has ignited fierce backlash from conservative groups.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Instead, they were deported to Egypt, the Palestinian Prisoners' Authority and the nongovernmental Prisoners' Club said in a statement.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Another 154 prisoners were deported to Egypt, most of them convicted of violent offenses including murder.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
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Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1948, Vicuña was exiled from her native country in the early 1970s following the violent military coup that ousted President Salvador Allende.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 Oct. 2025
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In Sacramento and San Diego, Democrats reign supreme, holding every office and legislative supermajorities so entrenched that opposing views have been exiled.—
John H Bolthouse,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Berchtold was later acquitted of the kidnapping charges by reason of mental defect.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Combs and Jones were later acquitted in the incident.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Disruption and sadness shall be banished.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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The girl only makes selfless wishes, and Iblis is banished to his lamp for a millennia for his failure.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Without a complete skeleton, researchers couldn’t know what the body looked like or how the hominin behaved in its habitat.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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During the subsequent custody battle, Farrow alleged that Allen had behaved inappropriately with their daughter Dylan Farrow.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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The injury is also expected to give Kaiir Elam a start on the outside after he had been relegated to rotational duty in the past two weeks.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Oct. 2025
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While Butler was relegated to watching the game in street clothes, the volume-shooting Hield suited up.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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Sacramento led by as many as 20 and carried a 71-54 lead into the halftime break.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The team’s elite rotation of Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Ohtani has carried the load thus far.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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