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 Shelbit hadn’t been licensed by VARA since 2025, while one of its owners was deported from the UAE in April. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 Between April and July, 16,078 nationals mostly from Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique were deported through the country's Lindela Repatriation Centre. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 Rubio, a data analyst, was set to be deported but was released on June 19, three weeks after being granted asylum by an immigration judge. — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Another woman holding a stack of documents is there with her son and wanted to make sure her children could come with her if she is deported. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 For those detained For people who do not have a final order of removal and have never been to immigration court, there’s a process that has to take place before they can be deported. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deported
  1. exiled
  2. acquitted
  3. banished
  4. behaved
  5. relegated
  6. carried
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  • The novel, reissued this fall, by McNally Editions, takes the form of a memoir by a German Jewish intellectual historian, exiled to New York.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973, and Crown Prince Pavlos’ parents, King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie, were exiled from the country, only returning in 2013.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of exiled
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  • In 2023 he was acquitted of domestic abuse charges in a case that had laid bare his private life.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier in June, a jury acquitted Gene Evin Atkins, 36, of first-degree murder and deadlocked 10-2 on the second-degree murder charge.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of acquitted
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  • Ransoms were paid, with Carlos taking much of the $50 million himself, leading him to be banished from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Most of us reach for breezy linen pants and flowy maxi dresses during summer, leaving our denim banished to the back of the closet.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
Definition of banished
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  • The region’s leaders complained endlessly of feeling abandoned but never behaved as if abandonment were a significant possibility.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Of course, diners of all ages can be poorly behaved, but kids in restaurants tend to elicit the strongest opinions.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of behaved
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  • On the other hand, Hull were relegated, as were Sunderland, with David Moyes at the helm in his only season there, although there were factors beyond merely the identity of the manager.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Hayes gives Valkyries spark Salaun was relegated to the role of spectator, but the Valkyries did not lack for scoring off the bench.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of relegated
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  • At the celebrations, Torres was also spotted wearing a rubber bracelet with a Spain flag that carried branding from the Guardia Civil — one of the country’s two national law enforcement agencies (the other being the Policia Nacional).
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Roughly 300 poles and 44 power transmission poles need to be repaired or replaced in Gary as a result of the storm, which carried winds of 99 mph (159 kilometers per hour), said Melody Birmingham, an executive at NIPSCO's parent company.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of carried

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