DEPORTATION
deportation
(noun) the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deportation (countable and uncountable, plural deportations)
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
Anagrams
• anotopterid, antitorpedo, apteronotid
Source: Wiktionary
De`por*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. depotatio: cf.F. déportation.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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