deportation
1. 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 • Syn: exile, expatriation, transportation • Derivationally related forms: expatriate (for: expatriation), deport, exile (for: exile) • Hypernyms: banishment, proscription • Instance Hyponyms: Babylonian Captivity 2. the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien • Derivationally related forms: deport • Hypernyms: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
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