'Deportation' definitions:
Definition of 'deportation'
From: WordNet
noun
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, deportation, expatriation, transportation]
noun
The expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
Definition of 'Deportation'
From: GCIDE
- Deportation \De`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. depotatio: cf. F. d['e]portation.] The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation. [1913 Webster]
- In their deportations, they had often the favor of their conquerors. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]