Definition of "deportees" [deportees]

• Plural form of deportee. (noun)

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• "At the wharf are forty "sad wretches" with their mats, blankets and luggage awaiting the steamer and among the deportees is a beautiful woman, pure Polynesian."
• "Q George, on the peace process invitations, is the fact that they're going out an indication that the U.S. believes the issue of the deportees is a closed one now and that it's time for the Arab countries to either put up or shut up?"
• "The government believed the deportees were a security threat because they were 'ex-combatants' from the war in Liberia."