DEPORTATION
\dɪpɔːtˈe͡ɪʃən], \dɪpɔːtˈeɪʃən], \d_ɪ_p_ɔː_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEPORTATION
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- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Act of carrying, or state of being carried, into another country; the sending back to his own country of an alien seeking entrance into another; forcible removal of people from a conquered country.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of deporting or state of being deported; banishment; exile; transportation.
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