diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən ˈɛɡˌzaɪl tɹænspɔːˈteɪʃən tɹænspɚˈteɪʃən migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) 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