deportation

noun

ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce deportation (audio)
Definition of deportationnext
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 An Indian grandmother who has held a green card since 2013 and works as a public school special education teacher is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Georgia facing deportation, federal records show. — Lautaro Grinspan, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The revocations would not necessarily result in their immediate deportation, the officials said. — Matthew Lee, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 Under policies embraced by Republican and Democratic administrations, the undocumented parents and spouses of service members have generally been shielded from deportation. — Catherine Bouvet, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Among suggested changes are expanding voting rights and ending ICE detentions and deportations. — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deportation
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expulsion
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  • Rights groups have raised concerns about the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Tunisia since the EU agreement, including reports of collective expulsions, racial violence, arbitrary detention and abuses against Black migrants.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Paradise Lost Milton’s 17th-century biblical epic traces the story of the Fall of Man and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
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