deportation









deportation


noun

  1. the lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state.
  2. an act or instance of deporting.

noun

  1. the act of expelling an alien from a country; expulsion
  2. the act of transporting someone from his country; banishment
n.

1590s, from Middle French déportation, from Latin deporationem (nominative deportatio), noun of action from past participle stem of deportare (see deport).

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