deportation

  • 71deportation — noun Date: 1595 1. an act or instance of deporting 2. the removal from a country of an alien whose presence is unlawful or prejudicial …

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  • 72deportation — n. [L. de, away from; portare, to carry] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In social insects, the transport of adults or young to a new nest …

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  • 73deportation — noun The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation …

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  • 74Deportation — De·por·ta·ti·on [ tsi̯oːn] die; , en; der Abtransport besonders von Gegnern eines politischen Regimes oder von bestimmten Minderheiten o.Ä. in ein Lager o.Ä. || hierzu de·por·tie·ren (hat) Vt …

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  • 75deportation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. expulsion, eviction, banishment, extradition; see exile 1 , removal 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Enforced removal from one s native country by official decree: banishment, exile, expatriation, extradition, ostracism,… …

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  • 76Deportation — De|por|ta|ti|on die; , en <aus gleichbed. lat. deportatio zu deportare, vgl. ↑deportieren> Zwangsverschickung, Verschleppung, Verbannung (von Verbrechern, politischen Gegnern od. ganzen Volksgruppen) …

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  • 77deportation — de·por·ta·tion || ‚diːpɔː teɪʃn n. expulsion, banishment, exile, sending away …

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  • 78deportation — n expulsion, exile, banishment, proscription, sequestration, expatriation, relegation; transplantation, ostracism, rogue s march; extradition, transportation, displacement, outlawry; removal, dislodgement, eviction …

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  • 79deportation — de·por·ta·tion …

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  • 80deportation — de•por•ta•tion [[t]ˌdi pɔrˈteɪ ʃən, poʊr [/t]] n. 1) the lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state 2) an act or instance of deporting • Etymology: 1585–95; < L …

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