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deportation
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See also: Deportation and déportation
English
Etymology
From Middle French déportation, equivalent to deport + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
deportation (countable and uncountable, plural deportations)
- The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
- 2024 November 19, Samantha Delouya and Julia Vargas Jones, “Here’s how mass deportations could change the housing market”, in CNN:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
act of deporting or exiling
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Noun
deportation c (singular definite deportationen, plural indefinite deportationer)
Declension
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