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• Expulsion was a euphemism for ethnic cleansing of territory that had been settled by Germans after World War II.

• Expulsion was a euphemism for genocide in World War II; The Nazis used this term to describe the forced deportation of Jews and other victims to death camps during the Holocaust.

• Expulsion, in the Book of Genesis, refers to the decree of expulsion from the Garden of Eden issued by God against Adam and Eve after they ate from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. However, the expulsion was not the consequence of eating the forbidden fruit. They were expelled from the Garden of Eden for the reason that, as says the Bible text, "He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live for ever." (Genesis 3:22)

• Expulsion, in terms of a school or university, is defined as removing a student from the institution for violating rules or honor codes. See also rustication.

• Expulsion is the name of George Mason University's independent, student-run newspaper, founded in 1990.