deportation

Noun

Meaning

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

exile transportation removal expulsion banishment expatriation repatriation return transmittal transfer immigration discharge displacement elimination exclusion
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Antonyms

income indigenous access recognition passage approval
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Hypernyms

exclusion expulsion ejection banishment proscription riddance

Anagrams

anotopterid antitorpedo apteronotid

Examples

The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation. Tom Tancredo

What person here illegally (and in his right mind), will go to the government, announce being here illegally (e.g. plead guilty), provide all sorts of information as to where that person lives etc. to get a work permit only to be a target for deportation in two years? Greta Van Susteren

Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review. Otto Schily

Spring and summer 1942 was probably the worst period of internal terror in Slovakia. It was also the time of mass deportation of Slovak Jews to the extermination camps in Poland. Alexander Dubček

It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed. Elie Wiesel

President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation. Eliot Spitzer

Close letter words and terms

deportability deportable deportalized deportational deportee deporter