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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

/ ɪˈɔː /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰٲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ǰa· adjective
  • pǰ·ٱ noun
  • ·ǰİ noun
  • non·ǰa· adjective
  • ԴDzd·ǰĻ adjective noun
  • ܲd·ǰĻ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deport1

1475–85; < Middle French éǰٱ < Latin ŧǰ to carry away, banish oneself, equivalent to ŧ- de- + ǰ to carry; port 5
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deport1

C15: from French éǰٱ, from Latin ŧǰ to carry away, banish, from de- + ǰ to carry
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Under U.S. law, noncitizens may be detained and deported, but they can’t be punished and imprisoned without a trial.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Supreme Court order to “facilitate” the Maryland man’s release from an El Salvador prison after he was mistakenly deported.

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