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The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.
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Meaning of "deportation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEPORTATION

deportation  [ˌdiːpɔːˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEPORTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deportation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEPORTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

deportation

Deportation

Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. Today the expulsion of foreign nationals is usually called deportation, whereas the expulsion of nationals is called banishment, exile, or penal transportation. Deportation is an ancient practice: Khosrau I, Sassanid King of Persia, deported 292,000 citizens, slaves, and conquered people to the new city of Ctesiphon in 542 C.E.

Definition of deportation in the English dictionary

The definition of deportation in the dictionary is the act of expelling an alien from a country; expulsion. Other definition of deportation is the act of transporting someone from his country; banishment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEPORTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEPORTATION

depolymerization
depolymerize
depone
deponent
depopulate
depopulated
depopulation
depopulator
deport
deportable
deportation order
deportee
deporter
deportment
deposable
deposal
depose
deposer
deposit
deposit account

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEPORTATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of deportation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEPORTATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deportation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of deportation

Translation of «deportation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEPORTATION

Find out the translation of deportation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of deportation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deportation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

被驱逐出境
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la deportación
570 millions of speakers

English

deportation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निर्वासन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الترحيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

депортация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deportação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিতাড়িততা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déportation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengusiran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abschiebung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

国外追放
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Deportasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trục xuất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாடுகடத்தப்பட்டனர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हद्दपारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sürgün
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deportazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

deportacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

депортація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deportare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απέλασης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deportasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avvisning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

deportasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deportation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPORTATION»

The term «deportation» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.820 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPORTATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «deportation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «deportation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deportation

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9 QUOTES WITH «DEPORTATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deportation.
1
Julian Castro
And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers.
2
Alexander Dubcek
Spring and summer 1942 was probably the worst period of internal terror in Slovakia. It was also the time of mass deportation of Slovak Jews to the extermination camps in Poland.
3
Jeff Hawkins
'Dream Act' kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work harder to excel in school, they live in fear of deportation, and they worry about their future.
4
Conor Oberst
I'll never understand how destroying families through deportation benefits our society. How we treat the undocumented says a great deal about us as a people and whether or not we'll continue to fulfill the fundamental American promise of equality and opportunity for all.
5
Christine Pelosi
Remember the Dreamers whose patriotism was praised when the Democratic House passed, and the Senate filibustered - the DREAM Act in 2010? Washington promised a path to citizenship, not just a roadblock to deportation.
6
Jonathan Shapiro
You can't undo a deportation.
7
Eliot Spitzer
President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation.
8
Greta Van Susteren
What person here illegally (and in his right mind), will go to the government, announce being here illegally (e.g. plead guilty), provide all sorts of information as to where that person lives etc. to get a work permit only to be a target for deportation in two years?
9
Tom Tancredo
The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEPORTATION»

Discover the use of deportation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deportation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Deportation Nation: Outsiders in American History
Deportation Nation is a history of communal self-idealization and self-protection.
Dan Kanstroom, 2007
2
The Deportation Regime: Sovereignty, Space, and the Freedom ...
The Deportation Regime addresses urgent issues related to human rights, international migration, and the extensive security measures implemented by nation-states since September 11, 2001.
Nicholas De Genova, Nathalie Peutz, 2010
3
Deportation is Freedom!: The Orwellian World of Immigration ...
This book is a searing critique of today's immigration systems.
Steve Cohen, 2005
4
Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora
Examines the current deportation system in the United States, the aftermath effects, and the political, social and legal issues.
Dan Kanstroom, 2012
5
National Insecurities: Immigrants and U.S. Deportation ...
National Insecurities
Deirdre M. Moloney, 2012
6
Rescuing Regina: The Battle to Save a Friend from ...
This harrowing true story of an asylum seeker and young mother of two tells how her husband, a feisty nun, a pit bull lawyer, and a group of volunteers set aside political differences to galvanize a movement to save Regina.
Josephe Marie Flynn, Josephe Marie Marie Flynn, 2011
7
Beyond Memory: The Crimean Tatars' Deportation and Return
This is an ethnographic study of the negotiation of social memory and the role this had in the growth of a national repatriation movement among the Crimean Tatars.
Greta Lynn Uehling, 2004
8
Deportation: Origins of a National and International Power
By almost any measurement, deportation is an enormous federal power.
Torrie Hester, 2008
9
The Social, Political and Historical Contours of Deportation
This book examines the historical, institutional and social dimensions of the relationship between deportation and citizenship in liberal democracies.
Bridget Anderson, Matthew J. Gibney, Emanuela Paoletti, 2012
10
The Deportation of Peoples in the Soviet Union
J. he problem of the deportation of Chechens and Ingushes has not been studied yet. The estimates of the political process were not always correct. For example, in spite of the historical truth, the regulation of the CC of the VCP (b), February ...
Nikloai Bougai, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEPORTATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deportation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
San Francisco's sanctuary policy vs. deportation: Is there a better way?
Debate over sanctuary policies following the killing of a San Francisco woman by an undocumented immigrant has raised questions about ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
2
San Francisco's Asian Law Caucus group fights for Hayward man …
The Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco is calling a Hayward man's imminent deportation a highly political move and one which makes no ... «abc7news.com, Jul 15»
3
The Deportation Era Is Over
20, 2014, DHS memorandum narrowed the categories of immigrants targeted for deportation, citing criminals, potential terrorists and recent ... «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
4
Lesbian Immigrant Seeks Church Refuge To Avoid Deportation
But suddenly, after five years living in the country with no problems as an asylum seeker, she was told that she faced deportation. "I didn't have ... «San Antonio Current, Jul 15»
5
Federal officials investigate deportation of teen mom who attempted …
Lilian Oliva Bardales, aged 19, sits with her son, Christian, aged 4, in the small living room of a relative's house on June 15, 2015. MAGDIEL ... «Macon Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
STILL AT LARGE: Hundreds of thousands of criminal immigrants …
They are in the United States illegally - they commit heinous crimes ranging from murder to sexual assault - they face deportation, but are ... «Catholic Online, Jul 15»
7
Migrants forced to choose between deportation and prison, NGO …
African migrants protest outside Holot detention center in the Negev Desert, southern Israel on February 17, 2014. (FLASH90) ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
8
Nigerian woman and Irish-born child win challenge to deportation
A Nigerian woman and her Irish-born daughter have had their deportation orders quashed after a judge rejected the State's arguments that ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Undocumented Immigrants Worry About Safety, Deportation After …
U.S. immigration officials take undocumented immigrants into custody near the Texas-Mexico border. Many undocumented immigrants are ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
10
Protest Calls to End Deportation Information Sharing
Dozens of people rallied outside the Travis County Jail Tuesday evening, calling for an end to programs where local law enforcement share ... «KEYE TV, Jul 15»

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