deportees

Definition of deporteesnext
plural of deportee
as in refugees
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation

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refugees
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  • Where will all these sciolistic refugees from woke America go if that largesse dries up?
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Yet opportunities like ours are vulnerable to political headwinds and are no longer available to refugees from around the world whose lives remain in limbo.
    Sediqa Fahimi, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Deportees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportees. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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