as in deportation
the forced removal from a homeland
the ruthless expulsion of the French-speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia by the British
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Recent Examples of expulsion
Violations of lawyers’ rules of professional responsibility often come with penalties ranging from reprimands to expulsion or debarment.
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Government data show more than 4.5 million removals, returns and expulsions during Biden’s tenure.
—Maria Ramirez Uribe, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Covenant School shooting and subsequent expulsions of two House Democrats over a gun reform protest in 2023 sparked large, heated protests inside the state Capitol.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
During her freshman year of college, April’s life is turned upside down after a night with her friend, Rudy, ends in his arrest and her expulsion.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Government data show more than 4.5 million removals, returns and expulsions during Biden’s tenure.
—Maria Ramirez Uribe, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Covenant School shooting and subsequent expulsions of two House Democrats over a gun reform protest in 2023 sparked large, heated protests inside the state Capitol.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
During her freshman year of college, April’s life is turned upside down after a night with her friend, Rudy, ends in his arrest and her expulsion.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expulsion
deportation
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Throughout his second term, Trump has aggressively expanded immigration enforcement—launching mass deportation operations, increasing raids in sanctuary citiesand reviving thousands of old deportation cases.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Trump's position on the southern border with Mexico was the most popular in the survey, collected a 53% positive response, while deportations and tariffs fell under the majority threshhold, with 49% and 45% approvals, respectively.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Expulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expulsion. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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