Synonyms for deportation
ˌdi pɔrˈteɪ ʃən, -poʊr-de·por·ta·tion

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1. deportation

   Synonyms:
   arrival, importation, placement, reconsignment

   Antonyms:
   exportation, emigration, displacement

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1. exile, deportation, expatriation, transportationnoun

   the act of expelling a person from their native land

   "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"

   Synonyms:
   fare, expat, emigration, transport, expatriate, shipping, transportation, exile, transportation system, transferral, transfer, out-migration, deportee, conveyance, transit, expatriation

2. deportationnoun

   the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien

   Synonyms:
   expatriation, transportation, exile

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1. • Ejection

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1. List of paraphrases for "deportation":

   expulsion, eviction, removal, deported, deporting, deport, refoulement, repatriation, eject, expelling, 'expulsion, banishment, dimensions

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1. Tayyip Erdogan:

   One of the attackers in Brussels is an individual we detained in Gaziantep in June 2015 and deported. We reported the deportation to the Belgian Embassy in Ankara on July 14, 2015, but he was later set free, belgium ignored our warning that this person is a foreign fighter.

2. Peter Altmaier:

   That would be a good signal, we want to get better and faster this year at the deportation of rejected applicants who have no claim to remain here.

3. Office Director Thomas Feeley:

   The men and women who work at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility are detention officers, deportation officers, administrative support staff, doctors, nurses, judges, attorneys, and maintenance staff. Each and every one of them is entrusted with the safety, security, and care of the detainees here.

4. Fernando Benitez:

   We believe authorities are using the deportation -- which is an executive prerogative here in Mexico, whereby the executive branch can deport any foreigner without cause and without a trial whenever they see fit -- and they're using that in lieu of an extradition, to the extent of our knowledge, he has committed no crime at all in Mexico.

5. Todd Schulte:

   They grew up here, they work at nearly every major company in America, serve in the military and many are working on recovery efforts in Texas, if DACA is repealed and no permanent legislation passed, they will all be fired and our government will begin the large-scale deportation of people raised in the United States, using information they volunteered to the government with the promise it would never be used against them or their families.