DEPORTED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

deported

verb

past tense of deport

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 The majority of those deported so far – around 20,000 – were transported to Mexico, while others have been flown to Latin America, Africa, central Asia and the Caribbean. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026 In July, an immigration judge ordered him to be deported, according to DHS. — Dorany Pineda, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026 Ahmed Soliman, an Egyptian national, and Samson Birhane from Eritrea are among over 40 people who have been deported by the United States to Equatorial Guinea, a small oil-rich state in central Africa. — Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026 Because the administration argues anyone who entered this country undocumented should be deported. — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 His detention is sparking fears that his life would be put in danger if he is deported to Nicaragua under the authoritarian regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-President Rosario Murillo. — Sergio R. Bustos, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026 He was charged both times in the Southern District of Texas, sentenced and deported to Honduras again, according to the complaint. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026 Separately, the administration deported an Afghan man to the Central African Republic despite a prior judicial protection order over fears his family could face Taliban retaliation. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026 After pleadings and petitions from the Portuguese community in Fall River, de Mello was released in January 1914 after serving approximately 21 years and was deported to Portugal. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

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The outlet notes that at the same referendum, male heirs of Italy’s last king (aka sons of the Savoy family) were exiled and barred from ever entering the country.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
Meaningful opposition is effectively nonexistent in Russia, with critics either barred, in jail or exiled abroad.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

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Ernest Medina was acquitted of all charges related to the My Lai massacre after a military court found insufficient evidence to convict him.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Giridharadas recounts the tale of the subway confrontation between Jordan Neely, a homeless man with mental illness, and the former Marine Daniel Penny, who was acquitted of killing him.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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Now, after King Charles stripped her and Andrew of the titles of Duke and Duchess of York and banished them from Royal Lodge, Fergie is reportedly seeking a face-to-face meeting with Charles.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Sep. 2026
In this charming graphic novel, the mischievous Norse god Loki gets banished to mid-Guard—AKA Earth—as punishment and must adjust to a month of life as an 11-year-old boy and document his journey in a journal.

— Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of banished

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After a team member behaved in a way that contradicted everything an organization claimed to value.

— Farida Abjani, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent incidents involving models that bypassed safeguards or behaved deceptively have added urgency to the safety debate.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of behaved

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With the rise of activewear as a high-fashion option, black biker shorts are no longer relegated to yoga studios and barre classes.

— Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2026
That’s basically the role that Black women have been sort of relegated to — to be truth tellers.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of relegated

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If the team succeeds, the result could transform a technology normally associated with large laboratory instruments into a compact quantum sensor that can be carried where the threat actually is.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
The proposal laid out concrete details aimed at restoring traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about a fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the war, reviving fragile hopes for a diplomatic off-ramp to the seven-month war.

— Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

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