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Depose (Verb)

Force to leave (an office).

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The board of directors voted to depose the CEO due to his poor performance.
After several months of protests, the people were finally able to depose the corrupt leader.
The king was deposed by a group of rebel soldiers who took control of the palace.
In a unanimous decision, the court ruled to depose the sheriff who had been accused of corruption.
A vote of no confidence by the parliament led to the president being deposed from office.

Make a deposition; declare under oath.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The victim agreed to depose against the defendant in court and recount the events of the night of the incident.
The lawyer instructed her client to be prepared to depose in the trial the following week.
After being sworn in, the witness was ready to depose and tell the jury what she had seen.
She had to depose about the accident and explain how it had happened.
The doctor was required to depose regarding her professional opinion on the plaintiff's injuries.