Definitions for: Deportation

[n] the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
[n] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: De`por*ta"tion, n. [L. depotatio: cf. F.
d['e]portation.]
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being
deported; banishment; transportation.

In their deportations, they had often the favor of
their conquerors. --Atterbury.

Synonyms: exile, expatriation, transportation

See Also: banishment, ejection, exclusion, expulsion, proscription, riddance

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