deportee
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7.2
- noun
- /ˌdiːpɔːrˈtiː/
:
deportado
- Camera tracks along the deportees, some bleeding, some wrapped in rags.
- criminal deportees
- Palestinian deportee
- returned deportees
Examples
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Young people like us make up most of the deportees.
Fiction book (1995) -
The deportees here are in worse shape.
Fiction book (1996) -
Deportee claims against Hungary were substantially smaller in number and amount.
Academic text (2001) -
The bunker has one large opening, into which hundreds of deportees march.
Fiction book (1996) -
There were vigils for the deportees.
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Some Berlin Jews sought to help the deportees further, even after they had reached their supposed destinations.
Academic text (2010) -
To record these experiences, De Leon has been traveling to the Mexican border town of Nogales to interview newly returned deportees.
Academic text (2011) -
Many Berlin Jews reacted with admirable pragmatism, offering help to deportees as far as they could and seeking to make both the time spent in the transit camp in the capital and the 'evacuation' itself as comfortable as possible.
Academic text (2010) -
The charity provides support and resources to help deportees reintegrate into society after returning to their home countries.
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Upon arriving at the border, many deportees faced challenges in finding shelter and employment.
Synonyms
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4.9
A person who lives away from their home country, often for political or personal reasons
A person forced to leave their country, often for political or legal reasons
A person who has come back to their own country
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Etymology
The word deportee comes from the verb deport, made from de- meaning 'away' and portare meaning 'to carry', the same root you see in transport. So a deportee is someone 'carried away' from a country by official order.