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
The camp is intended for short-term stays before detainees are transferred or deported.
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Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The fear intensified last week after a Bay Area family said a 6-year-old deaf child who attended a Fremont school was detained by immigration authorities and deported along with his mother and younger brother during what was supposed to be a routine check-in visit at an ICE office in San Francisco.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
The Left wants amnesty for the millions of people already in the country and the Right wants criminals deported and a secure border to prevent the next 10 to 20 million from entering illegally.
—Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
Other students have simply left, as families have been detained, deported or decided to move away.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer on Jalloh in 2020, and he was later issued a final order of removal allowing him to be deported to any country other than Sierra Leone.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Nearly two-thirds of children detained by ICE were eventually deported, and almost 1 in 10 left the country when their parents accepted voluntary departure, according to an AP analysis of the latest comprehensive data.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
Rubio hailed El Salvador’s president on Sunday, noting that 10 more people who are alleged to be members of two gangs were deported for imprisonment.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Separately, the White House claimed a man erroneously deported to El Salvador was involved in human trafficking.
—Andrew Goudsward and Ted Hesson, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The fear intensified last week after a Bay Area family said a 6-year-old deaf child who attended a Fremont school was detained by immigration authorities and deported along with his mother and younger brother during what was supposed to be a routine check-in visit at an ICE office in San Francisco.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
The Left wants amnesty for the millions of people already in the country and the Right wants criminals deported and a secure border to prevent the next 10 to 20 million from entering illegally.
—Doug McIntyre, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
Other students have simply left, as families have been detained, deported or decided to move away.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer on Jalloh in 2020, and he was later issued a final order of removal allowing him to be deported to any country other than Sierra Leone.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Nearly two-thirds of children detained by ICE were eventually deported, and almost 1 in 10 left the country when their parents accepted voluntary departure, according to an AP analysis of the latest comprehensive data.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
Rubio hailed El Salvador’s president on Sunday, noting that 10 more people who are alleged to be members of two gangs were deported for imprisonment.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Separately, the White House claimed a man erroneously deported to El Salvador was involved in human trafficking.
—Andrew Goudsward and Ted Hesson, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
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In its early days, the UFC was so violent, with almost no rules, that it was effectively exiled to pay-per-view.—
Luke Burbank,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Castro exiled a large homosexual community during the boatlift and many have concentrated on this block.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Rocky denied all wrongdoing and jumped into a courtroom gallery to hug Rihanna when he was acquitted in February 2025.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Donaldson was acquitted of intimidation, strangulation and a misdemeanor interference with the reporting of the crime.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Woody Brown, a nonverbal author himself, highlights stories that are too often banished to the margins.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—formerly Prince Andrew—was banished from all aspects of royal life, including losing all of his royal titles and privileges, last October in a decision made by King Charles.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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Amorphous yet crystal strong The result was a configuration that remained completely disordered but behaved mechanically like a crystal.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Crossroads officials say a church member told them in 2024 that Pastor Brian Tome behaved inappropriately during an encounter in his office in 2015.—
Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Mar. 2026
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With not a lot of airtime to transition her protagonist from reasonable to out of touch with reality, Jonas relegated much of her character’s contemplative qualities to the asides and exaggerated her more base characteristics by adding in some reckless behavior.—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the Jim Crow South of the 1940s and 50s, Austin’s Black citizens were relegated east of Interstate 35.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Some of the more seasoned staff, including and especially the indefatigable charge nurse Dana Evans (Katherine LaNasa), remember the days before everyone carried an iPad well enough to keep things moving.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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As the driver took off, the frantic mother carried her son back inside the hospital, where teams of doctors performed chest compressions and other rescue efforts, but failed to save him.—
Dave Carlin,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Deported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deported. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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