as in expulsion
the forced removal from a homeland
the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492
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Recent Examples of deportation
The letter demanded that Harvard turn over information about foreign students that might implicate them in violence or protests that could otherwise lead to their deportation.
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Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Immigrants can either apply on their own or raise asylum as a defense to deportation.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2025
Extensive deportation will almost certainly reduce economic activity and growth.
—Rick Miller, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The gay couple decided to self-deport earlier this spring amid President Trump’s deportation push and after their lawyers told them to cancel their honeymoon to Puerto Rico, fearing Hernandez-Corona could be detained.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
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Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Immigrants can either apply on their own or raise asylum as a defense to deportation.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2025
Extensive deportation will almost certainly reduce economic activity and growth.
—Rick Miller, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The gay couple decided to self-deport earlier this spring amid President Trump’s deportation push and after their lawyers told them to cancel their honeymoon to Puerto Rico, fearing Hernandez-Corona could be detained.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportation
expulsion
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After a few days of processing what had just happened, between the momentous assassination and his own expulsion, his mother drove him to the board of education headquarters on High Street.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
21 May 2025
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South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives on Wednesday seeking the expulsion of New Jersey Democrat LaMonica McIver.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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“Deportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportation. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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