deposed

American  

[dih-pohzd] / dɪˈpoʊzd /

adjective

1. removed from high office or position.

   The musical was a political satire about a deposed king and queen forced to go incognito in their own country.

2. Law.  examined under oath, sometimes with the resulting statement taken down in writing and used in court in place of spoken testimony.

   Only two of the deposed witnesses directly indicated personal knowledge of the alleged trip.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of depose.

Other Word Forms

• undeposed adjective

Etymology

Origin of deposed

depose ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Embaló phoned up French TV station France 24 and said: "I have been deposed."

From BBC

Late on Wednesday afternoon, Embaló told France 24 in a phone call: "I have been deposed."

From BBC

In the past, deposed dictators “went to Europe and bought villas on the French Riviera,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since then, Hasina has been in self-imposed exile in India, where she flew after being deposed by the student-led uprising which spiralled into nationwide unrest.

From BBC

When Hussein was deposed in Iraq, the military officers, Ba’ath Party loyalists and regime-tied sycophants who ruled the roost for nearly a quarter-century were forced to make do with an entirely new situation.

From Los Angeles Times