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deportation

deportation

75 5.4
Official act of sending someone out of a country because they are not allowed to stay
  • noun
  • /ˌdiːpɔːrˈteɪʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : deportación
  • The government announced the deportation of individuals who overstayed their visas.
  • deportation of immigrants
  • face deportation
  • deportation order

Some people do argue that deportations could actually be inflationary.

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Examples

  • A British national, Townsend faces deportation if found guilty.

  • Many immigrants were facing deportation after being arrested, often for minor offenses, and always before conviction.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Well, his order for deportation is going to happen.

  • Well, there are your deportation papers.

  • Her parents had met in a deportation camp; her father had died when she was six.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The deportation of illegal immigrants will continue.

  • Victims without proper legal documentation may be threatened with deportation or other legal consequences.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Ultimately, if the state intervened, women faced deportation or institutionalization for their actions.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Number one is mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

  • Increased border surveillance, stepped-up deportation efforts, and stricter sanctions on employers may make some difference.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

removal
vsdeportation
106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

refers specifically to taking people out of a country for legal or political reasons
exile
vsdeportation
75 5.3

Being forced to live away from your home country, usually for political reasons

is an official state removal focused on legal or immigration grounds
expulsion
vsdeportation
39 6.1

A forced removal of a person from a place or group

refers specifically to state removal from a country for legal reasons
banishment
vsdeportation
14 7.6

The act of forcing someone to leave a country or community as punishment

is specifically removal by state for legal, immigration, or political reasons
repatriation
vsdeportation
12 7.2

The return of people or objects to their own country

involves sending people out of a country rather than bringing them back
transportation
vsdeportation
  • Archaic
3 9.9

Sending someone away from their country as a punishment

is official removal for legal or immigration reasons rather than historic punishment
expatriation
vsdeportation
8.9

Forcing someone to leave their home country as punishment

is removal used mainly for legal or immigration reasons rather than broad banishment

Antonyms

149 3.4

Permission to enter a place or organization, often after a decision

How Severe

banishment
14 7.6
exile
87 4.9
deportation
  • Formal
75 5.4
repatriation
12 7.2

Surface Forms

deportation singular
deportations plural

Morphology

deportation = deport (transparent) = deport + ation

A regular nominalization of the verb 'deport' with the productive suffix '-ation', so learners who know the verb can infer the noun.

Etymology

Deportation comes from Latin parts de- meaning 'away' and portare meaning 'to carry', the same 'carry' root you see in transport and portable. So, a deportation is like being 'carried away' from a country, which explains why it means the official removal of someone.