/diˌpɔɹtejˈʃʌn/ - [deeporteyshun] - de•por•ta•tion
We found 7 definitions of deportation from 6 different sources.
NounPlural: deportations |
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deportation - the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien | ||
ejection, riddance, expulsion, exclusion the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" | ||
deportation - 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" | ||
exile, expatriation, transportation | ||
banishment, proscription rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |