deport
Americanverb (used with object)
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to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
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to send or carry off; transport, especially forcibly.
The country deported its criminals.
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to bear, conduct, or behave (oneself ) in a particular manner.
verb
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to remove (an alien) forcibly from a country; expel
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to carry (an inhabitant) forcibly away from his homeland; transport; exile; banish
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to conduct, hold, or behave (oneself) in a specified manner
Other Word Forms
- deportable adjective
- deportee noun
- deporter noun
- nondeportable adjective
- nondeported adjective
- undeported adjective
Etymology
Origin of deport
1475–85; < Middle French déporter < Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish oneself, equivalent to dē- de- + portāre to carry; port 5
Example Sentences
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While Jung told her that citizens should not be deported, she couldn’t guarantee it wouldn’t happen.
From Salon
Reuters reported that CBP released him from their custody after finding he entered the US as a refugee and could not be deported legally.
From BBC
Officials suspended the repatriation of deported Afghan nationals back over the border in the town due to the clashes.
From BBC
They initially told him they were deporting him to his home country, which he thinks was done "to terrorize us."
From Barron's
In recent months, immigration authorities have taken undocumented defendants into custody, and in at least one case deported the accused, while criminal proceedings were underway.
From Los Angeles Times
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