Deportation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌdiːpɔːrˈteɪʃn|
Brit.
|diːpɔːˈteɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- the act of expelling a person from their native land (syn: exile, expatriation, transportation)
his deportation to a penal colony
- the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alienExtra examples
...the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492...
The convicts were sentenced to deportation.
Immigration officers served her with a deportation order.
Word forms
noun
singular: deportation
plural: deportations
singular: deportation
plural: deportations
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