pretransportation

adjective

Before transportation (deportation to a penal colony).

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Meanings

adjectivepretransportation (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore transportation (deportation to a penal colony).

    James went through the courts and spent months in a crowded cell without anyone realising he was a she. After the sentence was commuted, her gender was revealed during the compulsory pre-transportation bath and an appeal was lodged for her pardon.

    2013, David Hunt, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, volume 1

Origin

From pre- + transportation.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pretransportation

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Cite this entry
APA

pretransportation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretransportation

MLA

“pretransportation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretransportation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretransportation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretransportation.

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