euphemistic name for convicts. Itdid not last long.
1847, A. P. Martin, `Life of Lord Sherbrooke' (1893),vol. i. p. 378:
«The cargoes of criminals were no longer to be known as`convicts,' but (such is the virtue in a name!) as `exiles.'It was, as Earl Grey explained in his despatch of Sept 3, 1847,`a scheme of reformatory discipline.'»
1852. G. B. Earp, `Gold Colonies of Australia,' p. 100:
«The convict system ceased in New South Wales in 1839; but`exiles' as they were termed, i.e. men who had passed theirprobation at home, were forwarded till 1843.»