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 Lawyers and families of many of the deportees have presented evidence the prisoners are not even members of Tren de Aragua. Molly Redden, ProPublica, 23 May 2025 Ricardo Prada Vásquez had not previously been listed by ICE as being a deportee to El Salvador. Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 How deportees would be treated by governments that are not their own is also an open question. May 5, CBS News, 5 May 2025 When three planes carrying non-Panamanian deportees arrived in mid-February from the United States, the Decapolis redirected its guests to partner hotels and turned over its trendy lobby to armed security personnel, who ensured that no one could get in or out. Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for deportee
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refugee
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  • The community swelled before, during, and immediately after World War II, thanks to the arrival of Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe, reaching a peak in the 1950s of more than 1,500 members.
    Rosario Del Valle, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2025
  • Nawrocki, 42, a newcomer to politics who previously ran a national remembrance institute, campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies favour Poles over other nationalities, including refugees from neighbouring Ukraine.
    Anna Magdalena Lubowicka, USA Today, 3 June 2025

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“Deportee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportee. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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