as in refugee
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation

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Recent Examples of deportee Guatemala has been cooperating in receiving deportees from the United States, accepting both civilian and military flights. Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025 A couple of days before the DHS issued the TPS termination notice for Venezuelans, Trump announced an agreement with the Venezuelan regime, led by Nicolás Maduro, to take back Venezuelan deportees from the U.S. Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025 Planes need a place to land, and many countries, including Venezuela, have typically refused to receive deportees. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025 Following visits from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Guatemala and El Salvador agreed to accept more deportees, from their countries and others. Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deportee

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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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