Karkottaja

Karkottaja is a Finnish noun meaning a person or authority responsible for deporting or expelling someone from a country or locality. In ordinary usage it can refer to an official agent, such as a border guard, police officer, immigration authority, or other state actor who enforces removal orders. The term can also describe a body or institution that carries out expulsion.

Etymology: The word is formed from the verb karkottaa, “to deport, expel, banish,” combined with the agent noun suffix -ja, yielding “one who expels.” The related noun karkotus denotes the act of deportation or banishment.

Usage and context: Karkottaja appears in historical, legal, and administrative texts. In public discourse it may denote the person or entity authorized to issue and enforce removal decisions, including asylum or residency denials. In some contexts the term carries negative connotations due to coercive or human rights concerns surrounding deportations. The word can be used both descriptively (agent of removal) and critically (commenting on deportation policy).

Variations and related terms: karkottaa (to deport), karkotus (deportation, banishment), karkoitus (exile or banishment). See also deportation, expulsion, immigration authority.