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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.
Origin:
1475–85; < Middle French déporter < Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish oneself, equivalent to dē- de- + portāre to carry; see port5
1475–85; < Middle French déporter < Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish oneself, equivalent to dē- de- + portāre to carry; see port5
Related forms
de·port·a·ble, adjective
de·por·tee, noun
de·port·er, noun
non·de·port·a·ble, adjective
non·de·port·ed, adjective, noun
EXPANDun·de·port·ed, adjective
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Deport
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Example Sentences
- Deport immigrant felons now to reduce prison crowding.
- 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.
- These will still allow the government to deport them to their country of origin at any time.
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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,
EXPANDbanish;" associated by folk etymology with portus "harbor." Deportee first attested 1895.
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