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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.
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World English Dictionary
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| —vb | |
| 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 |
| [C15: from French déporter, from Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish, from | |
| de'portable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
deport
late 15c., "behavior, bearing," from M.Fr. deporter "behave," from de- "thoroughly, formally" + porter "to carry, bear oneself;" original sense preserved in deportment. Meaning "banish" is first recorded 1640s, from Fr. déporter, from L. deportare "carry off, transport,
banish;" associated by folk etymology with portus "harbor." Deportee first attested 1895.
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Example sentences
Its aim is to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants.
Their arrests were part of an effort to arrest and deport illegal immigrants guilty of serious crimes.
If they are not students and have not earned credits they should be given a chance to enroll in a real university or deport them.
But government must do more to identify illegal immigrants, and expedite procedures to deport them.
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