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deportable

adjective/dɪˈpɔːtəbl/

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Liable to be deported by reason of unlawful status or a specified ground.

His conviction rendered him a deportable non-citizen despite his long residence.

Similar: removable

Topic: Immigration law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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