Deportation Synonyms and Antonyms

dēpôr-tāshən
Enforced removal from one's native country by official decree
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. banishment
  2. exile
  3. expatriation
  4. extradition
  5. ostracism
  6. transportation
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Words Related to Deportation

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Deportation Sentence Examples

  • Penal establishments were formed at Newcastle in New South Wales, at Hobart and Launceston in Tasmania, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to colonize Port Phillip. The most noteworthy incident in the first decade of the 19th century was the forcible deportation by the officers of the New South Wales Corps, a regiment raised in England for service in the colony, of the governor, Captain Bligh, R.N., the naval officer identified with the mutiny of the " Bounty."

  • The punishment for exceeding the prices fixed was death or deportation.

  • His decision was carefully worded and focused on the legality of forcible deportation.

  • The first forced deportation of Iraqi Kurds from the UK took place on 19 November, 2005.

  • Detention at Dallas Court is one of the first links in the chain to eventual deportation to unsafe countries.

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