deported
Use Deported in a sentence
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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| —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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Etymonline
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
When the going stopped being good, the foreigners were either deported or had to survive in whatever way they could.
The idea that he could be deported from the city is both preposterous and evil.
They have a sense of fear and/or distrust toward the government and police because they are afraid they will be deported.
Instead she will probably be deported in the spring, after she graduates.
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