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deport

[dih-pawrt, -pohrt]

verb (used with object)

  1. to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.

  2. to send or carry off; transport, especially forcibly.

    The country deported its criminals.

  3. to bear, conduct, or behave (oneself ) in a particular manner.



deport

/ ɪˈɔː /

verb

  1. to remove (an alien) forcibly from a country; expel

  2. to carry (an inhabitant) forcibly away from his homeland; transport; exile; banish

  3. to conduct, hold, or behave (oneself) in a specified manner

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • deportable adjective
  • deportee noun
  • deporter noun
  • nondeportable adjective
  • nondeported adjective
  • undeported adjective
  • ˈǰٲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deport1

1475–85; < Middle French éǰٱ < Latin ŧǰ to carry away, banish oneself, equivalent to ŧ- de- + ǰ to carry; port 5
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deport1

C15: from French éǰٱ, from Latin ŧǰ to carry away, banish, from de- + ǰ to carry
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Incensed by what he saw as the government’s failure to fulfill its promise to arrest and deport immigrants in the country illegally, he “eviscerated everyone,” according to one official who spoke to the Washington Examiner.

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Eight years ago, Saldana was arrested for a violent crime, but the criminal charges were dropped and he was subsequently deported, Medina said.

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High school graduation in this Latino enclave was all-American in spirit, but embodied defiance toward federal officials trying to deport unauthorized immigrants.

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On Thursday, he suggested in his own jumbled way that perhaps deporting thousands of the state’s farm and hospitality workers might cause pain to his friends, their employers.

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“We’ve had other administrations deport people, but not like this,” she said, referencing this month’s immigration enforcement that has swept up families at homes, in workplaces and while in vehicles.

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