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
Authoritarians historically come for the comics first, and most recently under Putin, satirist Idrak Mirzalizade was jailed and deported for mocking Russian housing.
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Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
Chauhan has since been deported to the United Kingdom.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Garcia-Hernandez’s mother was deported two months ago and is asking to be able to return to the US to see her son, Gutiérrez said.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
On May 22, 2024, a judge ordered that he be deported.
—Louis Casiano , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Many of those being deported have families and or long-standing ties to the United States, Tischler said.
—David Ulloa Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
That comment had been recorded by Von when a fan told him her friend got deported and asked him to record a message.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
China became a major manufacturing power in part by welcoming a lot of foreign engineers (especially American ones) to train up its industrial base; by contrast, ICE has deported hundreds of South Korean engineers attempting to build an advanced factory in Georgia.
—Vincent Ni, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Federal officials say Flores-Ruiz illegally re-entered the United States from Mexico after being deported.
—Daniel Bice, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
Chauhan has since been deported to the United Kingdom.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Garcia-Hernandez’s mother was deported two months ago and is asking to be able to return to the US to see her son, Gutiérrez said.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
On May 22, 2024, a judge ordered that he be deported.
—Louis Casiano , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Many of those being deported have families and or long-standing ties to the United States, Tischler said.
—David Ulloa Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
That comment had been recorded by Von when a fan told him her friend got deported and asked him to record a message.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
China became a major manufacturing power in part by welcoming a lot of foreign engineers (especially American ones) to train up its industrial base; by contrast, ICE has deported hundreds of South Korean engineers attempting to build an advanced factory in Georgia.
—Vincent Ni, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
Federal officials say Flores-Ruiz illegally re-entered the United States from Mexico after being deported.
—Daniel Bice, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
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In the Paramount+ series, Sylvester Stallone stars as Dwight Manfredi, a New York mob boss who, after serving a 25 year prison sentence, is exiled to Tulsa, Okla.—
Katie Mannion,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
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Once a loyal court magician supporting the crown prince from behind the scenes, Alec Ygret is cast aside and exiled for only knowing support magic.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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In a high-profile, three-month-long trial, prosecutors alleged that Sarkozy funneled millions of dollars from the Libyan government into his campaign coffers; he was acquitted of further charges of embezzlement and corruption.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Igor Danchenko was acquitted in October 2022 of five counts of lying to investigators.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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The season finale of House of Guinness opens with Patrick Cochrane — the Fenian Brotherhood leader who Edward had banished to New York — secretly returning to Ireland, with both an axe to grind against the Guinnesses and a perilous political mission to carry out.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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There was magic when Patrick Bailey banished Tanner Scott’s fastball into the Oracle Park bleachers, a walk-off grand slam to stun the Dodgers.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 Sep. 2025
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Later, he was joined on the show by Robert De Niro, who played the chairman of the FCC and behaved like a mob boss.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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However, in the early 1980s, a new theory called cosmic inflation came along, suggesting that before the hot Big Bang, the Universe behaved very differently, pushing any hypothetical singularity unobservably far back.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
24 Sep. 2025
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Once the club acquired Adam Frazier at the Major League Baseball trade deadline, India was relegated to more of a limited role.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
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Wilson started his latest chapter with the New York Giants this season, but he was relegated to a backup role after just three games.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Federal officers carried four people into the ICE facility on Tuesday night, according to CNN affiliate KATU.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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While the changes would result in the 10-term congresswoman’s district shifting rightward by about 15 points, Kamala Harris still would have carried it by nearly 13% in the presidential election.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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