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deportation

nounfemininetécnico/dɨ.puɾ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/medium

de·por·ta·ção

Definition

The act of expelling a foreigner from a country, typically by legal authority.
The court ordered the individual's deportation to his home country.
The new law speeds up deportation proceedings.
Common collocations
deportation orderrisk of deportation

Etymology

Do latim 'deportatio, -onis'.

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