deportation

noun de·por·ta·tion \ ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən , -pər- \

Updated on: 22 Apr 2018

Definition of deportation

1 : an act or instance of deporting

2 : the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is unlawful or prejudicial

Examples of deportation in a Sentence

the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492

Recent Examples of deportation from the Web

Community organizations expect that deportation of Cambodians will continue and that about 200 nationals will be deported this year.

— NBC News, "Deportation of Cambodian refugees in the U.S. devastates community," 19 Apr. 2018
As a consequence, some lost their jobs, others were evicted from their homes and a few were reported to have been threatened with deportation.

— laura smith-spark and katie polglase, CNN, "UK Home Office destroyed Windrush landing card slips," 18 Apr. 2018
President Donald Trump last September ended an Obama-era program that shielded from deportation undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. at a young age.

— kristina peterson, WSJ, "House Members Press Paul Ryan to Break Immigration Impasse," 18 Apr. 2018
Gaspar-García's brother was released because he is protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), a protection from deportation granted to certain undocumented youth.

— brenda medina, miamiherald, "Immigrant with Down syndrome released from detention facility | Miami Herald," 18 Apr. 2018
The ghetto that slowly discloses the bureaucracy of degradation – where walls are first built, then prayer forbidden and deportation imminent.

— samantha baskind, Time, "The Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Is About Much More Than Just the Uprising," 18 Apr. 2018
But then, a lot of fundamental stuff is getting ground up in Trump’s ever-accelerating deportation machine — not just rights but just basic human compassion and common sense.

— will bunch, Philly.com, "'I get my orders from above.' How Trump's deportation machine keeps Philly newlyweds on ICE | Will Bunch," 17 Apr. 2018
The Supreme Court of the United States voted against part of a federal law that requires the mandatory deportation of immigrants who have been convicted of some violent crimes on Tuesday (April 17), reports CNN.

— maria clark, NOLA.com, "SCOTUS strikes down part of mandatory deportation law: report," 17 Apr. 2018
After finishing his prison sentence, Pokora spent several more months awaiting deportation to Canada in an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.

— brendan i. koerner, WIRED, "The Young and the Reckless," 17 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of deportation

1595

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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DEPORTATION Defined for Kids

deportation

noun de·por·ta·tion \ ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən \

Definition of deportation for Students

: the removal from a country of a person who is not a citizen

Law Dictionary

deportation

noun de·por·ta·tion \ ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtā-shən \

legal Definition of deportation

: an act or instance of deporting; specifically : the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is illegal or detrimental to the public welfare — compare exclusion