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
The administration prioritized deporting violent criminals.
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Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau would bring together employees tasked with finding and deporting people here illegally and investigating customs crimes.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Judges have criticized them for holding immigrants without bond, deporting them without hearings, and now, forcing their way into private homes without a warrant signed by a judge.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
In a news release announcing the signature petition, backers of the measure featured quotes from prominent Colorado and national Democrats supporting deporting violent criminals, though none have apparently endorsed this specific measure.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Earlier this month, a federal appeals panel reversed a lower court decision that released Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian activist.
—Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Mass deporting migrants, brazenly axing federal grants and jobs, pursuing an inflationary trade war, risking the lives of soldiers to trouble the sovereignty of hemispheric neighbors—these things are shaking the everyday lives of Americans.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
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.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
Advertisement When asked about deporting people with no criminal record and whose only offense is having come to the United States illegally—as has been the case with most arrests made by ICE this year—support for deportation craters across the board.
—Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau would bring together employees tasked with finding and deporting people here illegally and investigating customs crimes.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Judges have criticized them for holding immigrants without bond, deporting them without hearings, and now, forcing their way into private homes without a warrant signed by a judge.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
In a news release announcing the signature petition, backers of the measure featured quotes from prominent Colorado and national Democrats supporting deporting violent criminals, though none have apparently endorsed this specific measure.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
Earlier this month, a federal appeals panel reversed a lower court decision that released Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian activist.
—Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Mass deporting migrants, brazenly axing federal grants and jobs, pursuing an inflationary trade war, risking the lives of soldiers to trouble the sovereignty of hemispheric neighbors—these things are shaking the everyday lives of Americans.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
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.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
Advertisement When asked about deporting people with no criminal record and whose only offense is having come to the United States illegally—as has been the case with most arrests made by ICE this year—support for deportation craters across the board.
—Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
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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Nepal crash kills 13 in wedding party KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A bus carrying a wedding party veered off a mountain road in west Nepal and tumbled down a slope in a crash that killed at least 13 people while 34 more were injured, police said Friday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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Bookstores were still, in many communities, elite institutions carrying hardbound books for wealthy customers.—
Gioia Woods,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Should the punishment be a life sentence banishing Belichick from the Hall?—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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Dell is her stream's dungeon master, banishing those who don't abide by her terms and steadily rising up the platform's ranks with her sympathetic story and angry-funny screen presence.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
27 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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But she’s done relegating herself to supporting roles only.—
Kat Moon,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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After committing to a package worth more than £15million and a four-year contract for the Brazilian last summer, relegating him to second choice in the long term will have consequences.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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In manufacturing hubs, local leaders have resorted to behaving like influencers, posting on social media to urge the public to spend more, Caixin wrote.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Kevin Dale Westerhold, 51, was taken into custody Tuesday following reports of a partially nude man behaving inappropriately at the Windsor Hills Resort vacation home rental community in Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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The company is notorious in Milwaukee for evicting its tenants with regularity and being sued by the state Department of Justice over shoddy living conditions in 2021.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Yet writing Josephine was therapeutic, finally evicting this story from the prison of her mind.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
21 Jan. 2026
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The video’s footage amplifies the flagrant dishonesty of the Administration’s statements about the threat Alex Pretti posed to the multiple officers who were physically restraining him before he was killed.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some of the cases filed so far do seem to describe potential assaults on officers, such as a pair of incidents in which two women are alleged to have bitten the fingers of the Border Patrol agents who were restraining them.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Deporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deporting. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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