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 In the nine months between October and June, 356,389 people have been deported, compared with 319,980 deportations for the 12 prior months. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 But even as the Haitian immigrants’ TPS case moves through the federal court in Washington, many of them could still be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. — Jay Weaver july 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 The Obama administration deported 438,421 in fiscal year 2013. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 21 July 2026 Under an intensified immigration crackdown, dozens of community members have been deported over the last 18 months. — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026 Daniel had arrived back in Venezuela the day of the disaster, after being deported from the United States. — Susana Erazo, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 He was sentenced to nine days in jail before being deported to Australia and barred from reentering Singapore. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026 The proposal is named for a 3-year-old Florida boy who was killed after ICE deported his mother. — Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 16 July 2026 Hathaway’s personal diaries were even seized by the FBI to help in their case against the entrepreneur, who was released in 2012 and deported to Italy. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
  1. exiled
  2. acquitted
  3. banished
  4. behaved
  5. relegated
  6. carried
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  • And last year’s constitutional reforms had already established a one-party system in a country where opposition leaders no longer exist, because they have been exiled.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Cuba has recently exiled other prominent dissidents, most recently José Daniel Ferrer, who have been forced to abandon the island for the United States.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of exiled
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  • The same jury acquitted him of the more serious charge of conspiracy to commit economic espionage.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Those four charges were the ones at a trial in May 2026 at which he was acquitted.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026
Definition of acquitted
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  • Calypso had been banished to live on the island of Ogygia after the Olympians defeated the Titans long ago.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • Gu-cheon is joined in his mission by Saeng-gang (Crash Course in Romance’s Roh Yoon-seo), the daughter of King Ju-sang who was banished from the palace as a young girl for her ability to hear spirits.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026
Definition of banished
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  • This pasta behaved just like the regular stuff, just as tasty on its own as it was coated in tomato sauce.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 July 2026
  • First, the team analyzed how the signal behaved across Titan's disk.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of behaved
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  • Overshadowing the World Cup was the Calciopoli match-fixing scandal in Italy that resulted in Juventus, giants of the Italian game, being relegated to the second division Serie B.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Instead of playing in Sunday’s final, the two traditional soccer powers will be relegated to a third-place bronze match Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium that will provide little consolation to either team or their fan bases.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of relegated
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  • The port of entry handled $126 billion in trade carried by commercial trucks in 2023, Reuters reported.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • The team carried a franchise-record $204 million payroll into a season that began with World Series aspirations.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of carried

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