deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē 
di-
: one who has been deported or is under sentence of deportation
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the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation
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Provisions include expelling all Russian forces from Ukraine, ensuring accountability for war crimes, freeing prisoners of war and deportees, and more.
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Edith M. Lederer and Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
Emmanuel, middle, a migrant from Mexico who had been returned from the U.S. CBS News
Some of the deportees lacked shoelaces, which U.S. immigration officials confiscate due to concerns about migrants harming themselves.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2024
Two of the players, apparently broke, returned to Paraguay on a government repatriation flight, accompanied by migrant deportees.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
The deportees returned to a nation in economic, social and political shambles following 12 deadly years of civil war.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
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Edith M. Lederer and Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
Emmanuel, middle, a migrant from Mexico who had been returned from the U.S. CBS News
Some of the deportees lacked shoelaces, which U.S. immigration officials confiscate due to concerns about migrants harming themselves.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2024
Two of the players, apparently broke, returned to Paraguay on a government repatriation flight, accompanied by migrant deportees.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
The deportees returned to a nation in economic, social and political shambles following 12 deadly years of civil war.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
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deportee
noun
de·por·tee
ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtē
: a person who has been deported or is under an order of deportation
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