deport

American  

[dih-pawrt, -pohrt] / dɪˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt /

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.

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deport British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• deportable adjective
• deportee noun
• deporter noun
• nondeportable adjective
• nondeported adjective
• undeported adjective

Etymology

Origin of deport

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

Example Sentences

Officials suspended the repatriation of deported Afghan nationals back over the border in the town due to the clashes.

From BBC

They initially told him they were deporting him to his home country, which he thinks was done "to terrorize us."

From Barron's

In recent months, immigration authorities have taken undocumented defendants into custody, and in at least one case deported the accused, while criminal proceedings were underway.

From Los Angeles Times

Ten years earlier, his predecessor Stalin had deported Crimea's Tatar population, so the majority population was ethnic Russian.

From BBC

He went to prison, got deported and, despite his record, became a local police officer back home.

From Los Angeles Times