Deportation - English meaning

verb

Send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment.

Usage examples:

A number of people were banished to siberia for political crimes

verb

Present participle of banish

Usage examples:

He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year., they were banished (= sent out) from the libr…

noun

The punishment of being sent away from a country or other place.

Usage examples:

Adam and eve's banishment from the garden of eden

noun

The act of sending someone or something away from a place and not allowing them to come back

Usage examples:

Convention delegates faced banishment for having broken the rules., most area residents are very ha…

verb

Expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law.

Usage examples:

A single mother and her children have been evicted from their home

verb

Present participle of evict

Usage examples:

Tenants who fall behind in their rent risk being evicted., he was evicted from the bar for drunken …

noun

The action of expelling someone from a property; expulsion.

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The forced eviction of residents

noun

The action of forcing someone to move out of a property

Usage examples:

If the property is sold for redevelopment, hundreds of residents could face eviction., an eviction …

noun

The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

Usage examples:

He knew now that he would die in exile

verb

Expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

Usage examples:

A corrupt dictator who had been exiled from his country

verb

Expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

Usage examples:

A corrupt dictator who had been exiled from his country

noun

The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.

Usage examples:

He knew now that he would die in exile

verb

Present participle of exile

Usage examples:

The monarch was exiled because of the coup.

verb

Send (a person or money) abroad.

Usage examples:

We expatriated the prisoners of war immediately after the end of the war

noun

A person who lives outside their native country.

Usage examples:

American expatriates in london

adjective

Denoting or relating to a person living outside their native country.

Usage examples:

Expatriate workers

noun

The use of force or law to remove someone from their own country, or an instance of this happening

Usage examples:

The government requested the expatriation of former political prisoners., there were more expatriat…

verb

Officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization.

Usage examples:

She was expelled from school

Present participle of expel

noun

The action of forcing someone to leave an organization.

Usage examples:

His expulsion from the union

noun

The act of forcing someone, or of being forced, to leave somewhere

Usage examples:

The government ordered the expulsion of foreign journalists.

verb

Hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.

Usage examples:

Brazil refused to extradite him to britain

verb

Present participle of extradite

Usage examples:

He will be extradited to arizona from florida.

noun

The action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime.

Usage examples:

They fought to prevent his extradition to the us

noun

The return of someone accused of a crime to the country where the crime was committed

Usage examples:

They have applied for his extradition to the united states., one of the defendants fled to egypt, w…

noun

The practice of sending refugees or asylum seekers (= people trying to escape war, danger, threats, etc. in their own country) back to their country or to another country where they are likely to suffer bad treatment

Usage examples:

Protection from refoulement is a basic right of asylum seekers and refugees.

verb

Send (someone) back to their own country.

Usage examples:

The last german pows were repatriated in november 1948

noun

A person who has been repatriated.

Usage examples:

Tourism is the third largest source of foreign exchange in the country, after repatriates and garme…

verb

Present participle of repatriate

Usage examples:

The government repatriated him because he had no visa.

noun

The return of someone to their own country.

Usage examples:

The voluntary repatriation of refugees

noun

The act of sending or bringing someone, or sometimes money or other property, back to the country that he, she, or it came from

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Repatriation of refugees is essential to rebuilding the country., foreign investors face no limits …

noun

The action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported.

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The era of global mass transportation

noun

A system of vehicles, for example buses, trains, and aircraft, for getting from one place to another

Usage examples:

New legislation does little to solve the state's transportation problems and puts other crucial ser…

verb

Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship.

Usage examples:

The bulk of freight traffic was transported by lorry

noun

A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place.

Usage examples:

Many possess their own forms of transport

noun

An overwhelmingly strong emotion.

Usage examples:

Art can send people into transports of delight