What is the meaning of deportation?

noun

  • The act of expelling a person from their native land.
    • usage: "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"
  • The expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien. .
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