Associations to the word «Deportation»

Wiktionary

DEPORTATION, noun. The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

Dictionary definition

DEPORTATION, noun. The act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life".
DEPORTATION, noun. The expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien.

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