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deportation

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French déportation, equivalent to deport +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deportation (countable and uncountable, plural deportations)

  1. 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[1]:
      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

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Noun

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deportation c (singular definite deportationen, plural indefinite deportationer)

  1. deportation, banishment

Declension

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Declension of deportation
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative deportation deportationen deportationer deportationerne
genitive deportations deportationens deportationers deportationernes

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