deport
to expel (an alien) from a country; banish.
to send or carry off; transport, especially forcibly: The country deported its criminals.
to bear, conduct, or behave (oneself) in a particular manner.
Origin of deport
1Other words from deport
- 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
- un·de·port·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with deport
- deport , disport
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How to use deport in a sentence
Flights carrying the deportees from the U.S. arrived about once a week.
Actually I went back to Jimmy in 2001 in The Deportees—I gave him a wife, Aoife, and four children.
The Prodigious Roddy Doyle Is the Celtic Tiger of Irish Literature | Allen Barra | March 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven at the door of the gas chambers, the deportees did not want to know.
Claude Lanzmann on 'Shoah', His Memoir, and the Banality of Evil | Clémence Boulouque | June 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST"And you separated yourselves from the other deportees," Barrent said.
The Status Civilization | Robert SheckleyIt was used as a place of internment for deportees from Egypt.
The Annual Register 1914 | Anonymous
At Kersbeek-Miscom out of 94 deportees only two had been thrown out of work.
Through the Iron Bars | Emile Cammaerts
British Dictionary definitions for deport
/ (dɪˈpɔːt) /
to remove (an alien) forcibly from a country; expel
to carry (an inhabitant) forcibly away from his homeland; transport; exile; banish
to conduct, hold, or behave (oneself) in a specified manner
Origin of deport
1Derived forms of deport
- deportable, adjective
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