1
as in exiled
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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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
South Africa’s Border Management Authority says more than 13,000 foreign nationals – including about 9,000 Malawians, 3,000 Zimbabweans, 900 Ghanaians, and 300 Nigerians – have either been voluntarily repatriated or deported in the last fortnight.
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Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
Rubio was set to be deported and spent five months at Delaney Hall.
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Christine Sloan,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
The people who already have been given final orders of removal, those are the ones who are most vulnerable to being deported.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
The film follows Iranian Amir, who is waiting to hear if his refugee status in Germany will be accepted or whether he’ll be deported.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Following the conquest of the Philippines, hundreds of American veterans were charged under the vagrancy laws as civilians and deported back to the United States.
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H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
26 June 2026
Men from Cuba, Myanmar and Laos who were deported to South Sudan in May 2025 remain in detention there today.
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Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
26 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
Sponzo ordered more than a dozen young people deported before lunchtime.
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E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
Rubio was set to be deported and spent five months at Delaney Hall.
—
Christine Sloan,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
The people who already have been given final orders of removal, those are the ones who are most vulnerable to being deported.
—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
The film follows Iranian Amir, who is waiting to hear if his refugee status in Germany will be accepted or whether he’ll be deported.
—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Following the conquest of the Philippines, hundreds of American veterans were charged under the vagrancy laws as civilians and deported back to the United States.
—
H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
26 June 2026
Men from Cuba, Myanmar and Laos who were deported to South Sudan in May 2025 remain in detention there today.
—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
The Republican governor said 21,000 people were deported through the facility.
—
Jeffrey Collins,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Sponzo ordered more than a dozen young people deported before lunchtime.
—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
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Additionally, religious community leaders were imprisoned or exiled.
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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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Spilotro also went on trial for the M&M murders in 1983, 21 years after the fact, and was acquitted on the grounds that the prosecution's key witness, the aforementioned Cullotta, wasn't credible, according to a contemporary New York Times report.
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The officer in that case was acquitted of criminal charges and found justified in his use of force by a review board.
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There’s no chance Cannes Lions will be the next one banished from the game if this year is anything to go by.
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Julius Randle has been banished to NBA Siberia (Brooklyn).
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Once the cooling is done, the research team will evaluate how the fuel materials behaved under prolonged irradiation.
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Provenance explains what was allowed to occur, under what conditions and whether the system behaved as expected.
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They are relegated to atmosphere, anecdote, trace, background hum.
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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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Many have carried the Indian flag and brought copies of the constitution to the demonstration.
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The only real scoring chances arrived in the dying moments of a game that carried macabre tendencies, long after the match had devolved into a turf war.
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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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