depose
verb (used with object)
to remove from office or position, especially high office.
had deposed
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past perfectof depose.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Following elections in early 2008, Bhutto's resurgent Pakistan People's Party swept to power at the head of a governing coalition that included the party of Nawaz Sharif, whom Musharraf had deposed in 1999.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2023
After the Reuters story was published, the Enforcement Directorate issued a statement saying Xiaomi’s allegations were “untrue and baseless” and company executives had deposed “voluntarily in the most conducive environment”.
From Reuters ● May 7, 2022
He was reinstated only after he signed a new power-sharing agreement with the military leaders who had deposed him in the first place.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
Instead, the El Paso County child welfare division - which in the meantime had deposed the division’s child abuse doctor in the wake of the pro-bono expert reports - dropped the case.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2020
M. le duc's servants had deposed to seeing him pull open the door of the coach and stand for some time half in and half out of the carriage, obviously trying to terrorise Mademoiselle.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
