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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Panton is scheduled for an April 9 court hearing should there be a delay in deportation.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
The Justice Department attorney who unsuccessfully argued Friday in defense of the controversial and mistaken deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on administrative leave, CBS News learned Saturday.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2025
Between those times, Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington D.C., temporarily blocked their deportation that Saturday while the case is litigated.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
The Justice Department attorney who unsuccessfully argued Friday in defense of the controversial and mistaken deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on administrative leave, CBS News learned Saturday.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2025
Between those times, Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington D.C., temporarily blocked their deportation that Saturday while the case is litigated.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Tags Andy McCarthy deportation Donald Trump Fox News JD Vance Venezuela
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deportation
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“Deportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deportation. Accessed 13 Apr. 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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