deportation
deportation
Definition
de·por·ta·tion (dē′pôr tā′s̸hən)
noun
a deporting or being deported; expulsion, as of an undesirable alien, from a country
Etymology: Fr déportation < L deportatio
deportation
Synonyms
deportation
Law Definition
n
The act of expelling an
illegal alien, or someone whose immigration status has expired or been revoked,
to a foreign country.
deportation
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- Kurd: The first forced deportation of Iraqi Kurds from the UK took place on 19 November, 2005.
- seeker: Read Press Release 15 January 2002: Jean welcomes halt on deportations of Zimbabwean asylum seekers.
- refugee: Deportation of refugees including rape and torture victims, has increased, now at 1,350 a month.
- prisoner: Home Affairs Further coverage of Home Office failings over the release and deportation of foreign prisoners.
Converse of object
- pend: He was taken away to Durham Jail pending deportation.
- await: Hundreds more are in removal centers, awaiting deportation.
- halt: You can download a petition to halt deportations to DRC.
- face: They are facing deportation to Germany from where they will be returned to Kosovo.
- resist: Having resisted deportation three times, she was badly beaten during a final attempt to deport her.
- threaten: In response to some threatened deportations, local communities including churches have set up campaigns.
Adjective modifier
- forcible: His decision was carefully worded and focused on the legality of forcible deportation.
- forced: The first forced deportation of Iraqi Kurds from the UK took place on 19 November, 2005.
- imminent: These Zimbabweans now face the possibility of imminent deportation.
- attempted: But, in the last month, two attempted deportations from France have ended in loss of life.
- eventual: Detention at Dallas Court is one of the first links in the chain to eventual deportation to unsafe countries.
Modifies a noun
- pledge: The deportation pledge was immediately challenged by European Union officials in Brussels.
- proceeding: He is now in Forest Bank prison, Manchester, awaiting deportation proceedings.
- order: He has been issued with a deportation order to send him to Jamaica.
Browse dictionary entries near deportation
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- depolarize
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