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deportation definition

de·por·ta·tion (dē′pôr tā′s̸hən)

noun

a deporting or being deported; expulsion, as of an undesirable alien, from a country

Etymology: Fr déportation < L deportatio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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