deportee
noun [C] /ˌdiː.pɔːˈtiː/
/-pɔːr-/ Definition
› a person who has been or is waiting to be deportedPunishing someone by sending them somewhere elseEvicting and forcing to leave
(Definition of deportee noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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