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deposed
[dih-pohzd]
adjective
removed from high office or position.
The musical was a political satire about a deposed king and queen forced to go incognito in their own country.
Law.examined under oath, sometimes with the resulting statement taken down in writing and used in court in place of spoken testimony.
Only two of the deposed witnesses directly indicated personal knowledge of the alleged trip.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of depose.
Other 51Թ Forms
- undeposed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of deposed1
Example Sentences
If only we all had the same leeway when deposed.
Gabon's former President, Ali Bongo, who was deposed in a 2023 coup, has left the country and is now in Angola, the authorities there have announced.
They have been deposed at the top of the Premier League by new champions Liverpool, relinquishing their four-year grip on the trophy, while being knocked out of the Champions League at the play-off stage.
But he added it was "regrettable" that Siddiq had not been more alert to the "potential reputational risks" of the ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh.
Last week, security forces launched an operation in the region, in response to a growing insurgency by fighters loyal to deposed president Bashar al-Assad - an Alawite whose regime was dominated by members of the sect.
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