deportation (dee-por-tay-sh[schwa]n), n. The act or an instance of removing a person to another country; esp., the expulsion or transfer of an alien from a country. [Cases: Aliens 52.] — deport, vb.
deportation n. (1)驱逐出境 常伴随着没收财产和剥夺民事权利;它不同于引渡〔extradition〕,后者指将在另一国被控告的罪犯送交该国审判。 (2)(现代通常做法)遣送回国 (3)放逐(→banishment;extradition;to the country whence they came)