deports

verb

present tense third-person singular of deport
1
as in exiles
to force to leave a country deported them back to their country of birth

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2
as in acquits
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 deports The policy guidance applies to agents under Enforcement and Removal Operations, the branch of ICE that detains and ultimately deports undocumented immigrants. — Philip Wang, Time, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deports
  1. exiles
  2. acquits
  3. banishes
  4. behaves
  5. relegates
  6. carries
  7. evicts
  8. conducts
Verb
  • This practice exiles him completely from the realm of literary fiction; some might even question whether Patterson is really a writer.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of exiles
Verb
  • Among the performers, Smith rules the roost as the no-nonsense Angela, and Jones acquits himself tolerably on comic relief duties as the pathetic Mike.
    — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
  • For that demographic, form is everything, and the paper acquits its pledge that every dog must have its daily.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of acquits
Verb
  • That is why, when Diana falls in love with Lalo, the King simply banishes him.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Mary appears to have a form of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, until chemotherapy, following a diagnosis of lymphoma, banishes her psychiatric symptoms.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of banishes
Verb
  • That result gives engineers more data for understanding how zinc behaves after leaving the thruster.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Which trace from our Galois representation clings to each of these terms with prime exponents depends on how our equation, , behaves in a number field defined by that particular prime.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of behaves
Verb
  • The move relegates longtime Renegades starter Luis Perez to the bench.
    — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Robby relegates Langdon to triage for now — there’s less of a chance the two will run into each other that way.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of relegates
Verb
  • Accordingly, Doctronic also carries a malpractice policy holding the system to physician-level accountability.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
  • OlloBot says the module carries the robot's long-term memories and personalized information.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of carries
Verb
  • Ashley evicts Morgan Ashley evicts Morgan.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In the city of Cluj, located within the country’s Transylvania region, a bailiff named Orsolya (Eszter Tompa) evicts the homeless Ion (Gabriel Spahiu) from the unused cellar of a local house to make way for the construction of the Kontinental boutique hotel.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of evicts
Verb
  • Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) conducts screenings on the general population for those between 14 and 35 years old and found that one in every 300 people has a life-threatening heart defect.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Pizzi said the commissioners hope the lawsuit will ultimately force changes in how the city conducts its business.
    — Chelsea Jones, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of conducts

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“Deports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deports. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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