deportee

noun

de·​por·​tee ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē How to pronounce deportee (audio)
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: one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation

Examples of deportee in a Sentence

the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
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His team has already reached out to the governments of several countries to test their willingness to take deportees from third countries. Sarah Kinosian, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024 Taking potential deportees into custody is only the first step. Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024 Nogales is the name of the towns on both sides of the border crossing – the one in Sonora, Mexico, regularly receiving buses of deportees. Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024 Take them out of the equation and wages will go down for workers re-entering the workforce and will rise (slightly but insufficiently) for a small segment of workers taking the jobs vacated by deportees. Eli Amdur, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for deportee 

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of deportee was in 1865

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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportee. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Legal Definition

deportee

noun
de·​por·​tee ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtē How to pronounce deportee (audio)
: a person who has been deported or is under an order of deportation
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