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deport
[ dih-pawrt, -pohrt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
deport
/ ɪˈɔː /
verb
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈǰٲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ǰa· adjective
- pǰ·ٱ noun
- ·ǰİ noun
- non·ǰa· adjective
- ԴDzd·ǰĻ adjective noun
- ܲd·ǰĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of deport1
Example Sentences
Under U.S. law, noncitizens may be detained and deported, but they can’t be punished and imprisoned without a trial.
In defense of its deportations, Trump administration lawyers have pointed to the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 and said it gave the president wartime powers to quickly deport foreigners.
In another case, the Supreme Court said the administration had a duty to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man the Trump administration said it had mistakenly deported to that country.
More than half the population of Crimea was Russian, mainly because the original majority population of Crimean Tatars were deported under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in 1944.
Supreme Court order to “facilitate” the Maryland man’s release from an El Salvador prison after he was mistakenly deported.
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