deport

[dih-pawrt, -pohrt]

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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.

Origin of deport

1475–85; < Middle French déporter < Latin dēportāre to carry away, banish oneself, equivalent to dē- de- + portāre to carry; see port⁵

Related formsde·port·a·ble, adjectivede·por·tee, nounde·port·er, nounnon·de·port·a·ble, adjectivenon·de·port·ed, adjective, nounun·de·port·ed, adjective

Can be confuseddeport disport

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Related Words for deport

oust, relegate, expel, extradite, displace, exile, expatriate, dismiss, transport, expulse

Examples from the Web for deport

Contemporary Examples of deport

The White House (finally) responds to the “Deport Bieber” petitions.
Neil Patrick Harris Scolds Loud Fan, White House Responds to 'Deport Bieber'
Culture Team
April 21, 2014
The Deport Justin Bieber Petition, has already garnered the necessary number of signatures to elicit a White House response.
Justin Bieber Has Been Drag Racing Down the Road to Recovery
Amy Zimmerman
February 5, 2014
A popular petition begs the White House to deport Justin Bieber.
Justin Bieber Faces Deportation; NBC Moves Emmy Awards to Monday
Culture Team
January 29, 2014
I hardly even know what to say about the petition to deport Piers Morgan, now at over 80,000 signatures.
Should Piers Morgan Be Deported?
Megan McArdle
December 27, 2012
Now there's a new petition: to deport every jerkazoid who signed a secession petition.
Self-Deportation, Democrat Style
Michael Tomasky
November 13, 2012

Historical Examples of deport

By Jove, I wish we could fix something on that man and get the government to deport him.
The Watchers of the Plains
Ridgewell Cullum
Through all the trying hours of that ordeal how like a hero did he deport himself!
John Brown: A Retrospect
Alfred Roe
The government looked into the matter and decided to deport them.
The Cruise of the O Moo
Roy J. Snell
Exactly as before she appeared, so he continued to deport himself.
Local Color
Irvin S. Cobb
That is, it is for you to say how you will deport yourself on matters of religion.
Handbook of Freethought
Various

British Dictionary definitions for deport

deport

verb (tr)

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 Formsdeportable, adjective

Word Origin for deport

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

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Word Origin and History for deport

late 15c., "to behave," from Old French deporter "behave" (12c.), from de- "thoroughly, formally" + porter "to carry, bear oneself" (see port (n.3)). Original sense preserved in deportment.

Meaning "banish" is first recorded 1640s, from Modern French déporter, from Latin deportare "carry off, transport, banish, exile," from de- in its sense of "off, away" + portare "to carry" (but associated by folk etymology with portus "harbor"). "The two branches are treated by Darmesteter as historically distinct words in French" [OED]. Related: Deported; deporting.