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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