Meanings
plural deportations
- countableuncountableThe act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
1 more example
Garcia is one of many undocumented people in America who earn their living in construction. He and millions of others now face the prospect of mass deportations during President-elect Donald Trump’s term. Trump has said that undocumented immigrants share the blame for America’s once-in-a-generation home affordability crisis, but the president-elect’s deportation plans may backfire, driving up the cost of homebuying even further.
2024 November 19, Samantha Delouya and Julia Vargas Jones, “Here’s how mass deportations could change the housing market”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of expelling a person from their native land
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchdéportation
- Englishdeportation
From Middle French déportation, equivalent to deport + -ation.
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Arabic طَرْد
- طَرْد (ṭard)act of deporting or exiling
Bulgarian изсе́лване, депорти́ране
- изсе́лване (izsélvane)act of deporting or exiling
- депорти́ране (deportírane)act of deporting or exiling
Catalan deportació
- deportacióact of deporting or exiling
Chinese Mandarin 驅逐出境 /驱逐出境, 驅逐 /驱逐
- 驅逐出境 /驱逐出境 (qūzhú chūjìng)act of deporting or exiling
- 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú)act of deporting or exiling
Czech deportace
- deportaceact of deporting or exiling
Danish deportation
- deportationact of deporting or exiling
Dutch deportatie
- deportatieact of deporting or exiling
Estonian küüditamine, deporteerimine
- küüditamineact of deporting or exiling
- deporteerimineact of deporting or exiling
- deportatsioonact of deporting or exiling
Finnish kyyditys, karkottaminen
- kyyditysact of deporting or exiling
- karkottaminenact of deporting or exiling
- karkotusact of deporting or exiling
- pakkosiirtoact of deporting or exiling
French déportation
- déportationact of deporting or exiling
German Abschiebung, Ausweisung
- Abschiebungact of deporting or exiling
- Ausweisungact of deporting or exiling
- Deportationact of deporting or exiling
Greek απέλαση
- απέλαση (apélasi)act of deporting or exiling
Hebrew גירוש
- גירוש (gerush)act of deporting or exiling
Hindi निर्वासन, प्रत्यर्पण
- निर्वासन (nirvāsan)act of deporting or exiling
- प्रत्यर्पण (pratyarpaṇ)act of deporting or exiling
Hungarian kitoloncolás, deportálás
- kitoloncolásact of deporting or exiling
- deportálásact of deporting or exiling
- kiutasításact of deporting or exiling
- elhurcolásact of deporting or exiling
Indonesian deportasi
- deportasiact of deporting or exiling
Italian deportazione
- deportazioneact of deporting or exiling
Japanese 追放
- 追放 (tsuihō)act of deporting or exiling
Korean 추방
- 추방 (chubang)act of deporting or exiling
Latvian deportācija, izsūtījums
- deportācijaact of deporting or exiling
- izsūtījumsact of deporting or exiling
- izsūtīšanaact of deporting or exiling
Lithuanian deportacija
- deportacijaact of deporting or exiling
Malay deportasi, pengusiran
- deportasiact of deporting or exiling
- pengusiranact of deporting or exiling
Māori tūwhititanga, tereputanga
- tūwhititangaact of deporting or exiling
- tereputangaact of deporting or exiling
Norwegian Bokmål deportasjon
- deportasjonact of deporting or exiling
Polish deportacja
- deportacjaact of deporting or exiling
Portuguese deportação
- deportaçãoact of deporting or exiling
Romanian deportare
- deportareact of deporting or exiling
Russian депорта́ция, вы́сылка
- депорта́ция (deportácija)act of deporting or exiling
- вы́сылка (výsylka)act of deporting or exiling
- изгна́ние (izgnánije)act of deporting or exiling
Slovak deportácia
- deportáciaact of deporting or exiling
Spanish deportación
- deportaciónact of deporting or exiling
Swedish deportation, utvisning
- deportationact of deporting or exiling
- utvisningact of deporting or exiling
Thai การเนรเทศ
- การเนรเทศ (gaan-nee-rá-têet)act of deporting or exiling
Turkish sınırdışı, sınır dışı etme
- sınırdışıact of deporting or exiling
- sınır dışı etmeact of deporting or exiling
Ukrainian депорта́ція, ви́силка
- депорта́ція (deportácija)act of deporting or exiling
- ви́силка (výsylka)act of deporting or exiling
Vietnamese sự trục xuất
- sự trục xuấtact of deporting or exiling
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with deportation
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Cite this entry
deportation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deportation
“deportation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deportation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deportation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deportation.
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