deportation
noun
de·por·ta·tion
ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən 
-pər-
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
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Sanctions for overstayers range from fines to deportation and bloc-wide bans.
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Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Trump campaigned on a hardline immigration stance, pledging to carry out the largest mass deportation in American history.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Trump, who campaigned on the promise of mass deportations, ended that option on his first day back in the White House.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison -- despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
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Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Trump campaigned on a hardline immigration stance, pledging to carry out the largest mass deportation in American history.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Trump, who campaigned on the promise of mass deportations, ended that option on his first day back in the White House.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison -- despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Deportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportation. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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deportation
noun
de·por·ta·tion
ˌdē-ˌpōr-ˈtā-shən
: 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
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