1
as in exiling
to force to leave a country
deported them back to their country of birth
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2
as in carrying
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 deporting
He was granted release from detention during the short window when federal judges issued rulings that blocked ICE from deporting Venezuelans with TPS such as himself.
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Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
Even one-third of liberals support deporting criminals.
—Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Obviously, the devil is in the details, but deporting someone like that seems inhumane.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
In March, in fact, Roberts issued a brief, but rare, rebuke after Trump said a judge who tried to stop him from deporting hundreds of Venezuelan migrants should be impeached.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Rosalinda and her husband, Manuel, who are also undocumented, began to consider self-deporting, too.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security did not answer CNN requests for comment on Fleming’s assertion the arrests are designed to intimidate migrants into self-deporting.
—Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Trump vowed to remove millions of migrants without legal status, and his government is racing to fulfill his pledge of deporting one million people in a year.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Islamabad has also tried to pressure the Taliban by deporting Afghan refugees.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
Even one-third of liberals support deporting criminals.
—Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Obviously, the devil is in the details, but deporting someone like that seems inhumane.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026
In March, in fact, Roberts issued a brief, but rare, rebuke after Trump said a judge who tried to stop him from deporting hundreds of Venezuelan migrants should be impeached.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Rosalinda and her husband, Manuel, who are also undocumented, began to consider self-deporting, too.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
The Department of Homeland Security did not answer CNN requests for comment on Fleming’s assertion the arrests are designed to intimidate migrants into self-deporting.
—Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Trump vowed to remove millions of migrants without legal status, and his government is racing to fulfill his pledge of deporting one million people in a year.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Islamabad has also tried to pressure the Taliban by deporting Afghan refugees.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deporting
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Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Putin is yet to comment on the developments related to the tanker, which the US had previously sanctioned for carrying illicit Iranian oil.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Russia attacks Ukraine with new Oreshnik ballistic missile Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with a new hypersonic ballistic missile, an advanced weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
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But there is more murdering and banishing to come.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Gabby Windey, Dylan Efron, Dolores Catania and Lord Ivar Mountbatten won the game after banishing all the Traitors.—
Christopher Kuhagen,
jsonline.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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This means the Seoul court has three options on Yoon — issuing the death sentence as requested by Cho’s team, commuting it to life sentence or 20-50 years in prison, or acquitting him.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Hank Brennan, a longtime defense attorney famous for representing Bulger, earned $566,000 for his work as special prosecutor in Read’s second murder trial, which ended with a jury acquitting the woman of O’Keefe’s death.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
26 Nov. 2025
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Comedy has been in short supply in theaters over the last few years, with studios largely relegating the genre to streamers.—
Alex Cramer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Dec. 2025
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The new partnership makes up 108 seats in the 200-seat lower house of parliament, relegating the four center-right parties of the pro-Western government led by previous Prime Minister Petr Fiala to the opposition.—
Karel Janicek,
Fortune,
9 Dec. 2025
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In other words, Oklahoma’s largest writer of homeowners insurance was behaving like a crime syndicate.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Jan. 2026
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According to Concord police, Joyce Richardson called 911 on New Year’s Eve and reported her son had knocked her and her husband over and was behaving unpredictably.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The officers went to the house in the Bermuda Club neighborhood near Vero Beach, where a resident of the home was evicting her son, Flowers said Friday.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2025
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The county has been in the process of evicting the Dolphin Company, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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No other employees involved in the altercation were fired, including the worker seen restraining the woman on the ground.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Arab governments eager to turn the page on years of upheaval see Washington as the only power capable—if rarely willing—of restraining a bellicose Israel.—
Comfort Ero,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Deporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deporting. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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