deportation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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.

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Danish

Noun

deportation c (singular definite deportationen, plural indefinite deportationer)

  1. deportation, banishment

Declension

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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