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

/ dɪˈpɔːt /

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

Derived Forms

• deˈportable, adjective

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of deport¹

1475–85; < Middle French déporter < Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish oneself, equivalent to dē- de- + portāre to carry; port ⁵

Word History and Origins

Origin of deport¹

C15: from French déporter, from Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish, from de- + portāre to carry

Example Sentences

“They are the vehicles who carry an army of souls of men and women who have been deported during slave trade, an army of dispossessed souls. They also represent the vast diaspora, the contemporary one.”

From Los Angeles Times

Labour has scrapped the previous government's plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda in a bid to deter crossings.

From BBC

Thousands have been so defeated by repeated experiences of this kind of so-called internal deportation, that they have voluntarily requested to be deported to their home nations.

From BBC

“Including children terrified of seeing their parents deported or themselves taken away from the only country they know and love.”

From Los Angeles Times

Trump has vowed to deport millions of people.

From Los Angeles Times