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de·port Listen to audio/dɪˈpoɚt/ verb
de·ports; de·port·ed; de·port·ing
[+ obj] : to force (a person who is not a citizen) to leave a country
Thousands of immigrants had been illegally deported.
— de·por·ta·tion Listen to audio /ˌdi:ˌpoɚˈteɪʃən/ noun, plural de·por·ta·tions
[noncount] She is now facing deportation. [=she may be forced to leave the country] a deportation hearing [count] The government has ordered thousands of deportations.
— de·por·tee Listen to audio /diˌpoɚˈti:/ noun, plural de·por·tees [count]
thousands of deportees [=people who have been deported]

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