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
And please take this down and please keep me out of your ‘banger’ deportation videos.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
However, Israel has said that four Italian citizens who were detained from the flotilla have been deported while the rest of the deportations are being processed.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The emergency order, which suspends a lower court ruling that favored the migrants, could have far-reaching effects on immigrant communities, employment, and deportation protocols.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Limited enforcement resources, including a lack of funding to bring on more people to conduct arrests and investigations and litigate cases, have been one of the biggest challenges to scaling up the pace of arrests, detentions and deportations.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 18 Sep. 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
However, Israel has said that four Italian citizens who were detained from the flotilla have been deported while the rest of the deportations are being processed.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The emergency order, which suspends a lower court ruling that favored the migrants, could have far-reaching effects on immigrant communities, employment, and deportation protocols.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Limited enforcement resources, including a lack of funding to bring on more people to conduct arrests and investigations and litigate cases, have been one of the biggest challenges to scaling up the pace of arrests, detentions and deportations.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deportation
expulsion
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The data is categorized into removals, enforcement returns, administrative returns and Title 42 expulsions — which were carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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This antisemitic myth has led to expulsions and murders of Jews for centuries.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Deportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deportation. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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