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The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.

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  1. n. The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
  2. The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. "The evils of convictism." W. Howitt.
  3. The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penalsettlements. "The evils of convictism." W. Howitt.