Definition of deportation
Pronunciation
Noun
deportation (plural deportations)
- The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
Further reading
Not to be confused with extradition.
Deportation means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. The expulsion of natives is also 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..[1] England deported religious objectors and criminals to America in large numbers before 1730.[2]
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