deport
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- 9
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- 10
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Definition of deport
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic, reflexive)To comport (oneself); to behave.
“Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.”
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verb
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(archaic, reflexive)To comport (oneself); to behave.
“Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.”
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(transitive)To evict, especially from a country.
“Ask her to deport all illegals living in this town without a green card or the appropriate documents that prove their naturalized citizenship.”
“Boturini was accused of entering the country without permission, jailed, and deported to Spain eight years after his arrival in Mexico.”
“Brexit has also made it harder for the UK to deport migrants back to the EU as the country has left the bloc's asylum scheme.”
“In another case pending at the Supreme Court, the administration conceded it made an error in deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador last month but is fighting efforts to bring him back to the US.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō.
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