Deportation Definition

dēpôr-tāshən
deportations
noun
deportations
The act or an instance of deporting.
American Heritage
A deporting or being deported; expulsion, as of an undesirable alien, from a country.
Webster's New World
The act of expelling an illegal alien, or someone whose immigration status has expired or been revoked, to a foreign country.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Deportation

Noun

Singular:
deportation
Plural:
deportations

Origin of Deportation

  • From Middle French déportation

    From Wiktionary

Deportation Sentence Examples

  • Penal establishments were formed at Newcastle in New South Wales, at Hobart and Launceston in Tasmania, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to colonize Port Phillip. The most noteworthy incident in the first decade of the 19th century was the forcible deportation by the officers of the New South Wales Corps, a regiment raised in England for service in the colony, of the governor, Captain Bligh, R.N., the naval officer identified with the mutiny of the " Bounty."

  • The punishment for exceeding the prices fixed was death or deportation.

  • His decision was carefully worded and focused on the legality of forcible deportation.

  • The first forced deportation of Iraqi Kurds from the UK took place on 19 November, 2005.

  • Detention at Dallas Court is one of the first links in the chain to eventual deportation to unsafe countries.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEP

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

deportation

Words Starting With D and Ending With N

Starts With D & Ends With NStarts With DE & Ends With NStarts With D & Ends With ON

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With D11 Letter Words Ending With N