deport
verb (used with object)
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
deported
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past participleof deport.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof deport.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
deportverb (used with object)to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
Example Sentences
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They also say those convicted have been jailed for sentences totalling 118 years and 22 migrant criminals were deported as a result of their offences.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Since 2023, hundreds of thousands of Afghans have been deported from Pakistan and over two million have left according to the UN.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Javid started speaking out publicly after his nephew's two daughters, aged 21 and 24, were deported, having lived in Sweden for eight years while studying to become nurses.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Those 1,200 deportees were among at least 50,000 deported from LA County in five months of 1931 — as much as a third of the county’s Mexican and Mexican American population.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
“When I met her she was being deported, but then she met with you and you did your lawyer magic, and now she’s going to stay.”
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
