deportation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the legal removal of a foreign national from a country, usually by government order

   The court suspended his deportation while the appeal was considered.

2. 2
   noun

   the forced transport or exile of people from their homeland or place of residence

   The community commemorated those who died after their deportation from the island.

From French deportation and Latin deportatio, 'banishment or carrying away,' from deportare, 'to carry away,' formed from de-, 'away,' + portare, 'to carry.' Modern legal use narrowed toward state removal from a country.

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