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deport Definition

de·port (dē pôrt′, di-)

transitive verb

  1. to behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified way

  2. Etymology: Fr déporter < L deportare, to carry away, banish < de-, from + portare

    to carry or send away; specif., to force (an alien) to leave a country by official order; expel

Etymology: OFr deporter < de- (L de), intens. + porter < L portare, to carry, bear: see port

deport Synonyms

deport

v.

exile, banish, extradite, expel from a country; see banish 1, dismiss 1. See syn. study at banish.

deport Law Definition

v

To expel an illegal alien, or someone whose immigration status has expired or been revoked, to a foreign country.
deport Usage Examples

Object

  • asylum-seeker: This is the site of an important test case where the government is trying to deport asylum-seekers who are parents of Irish-born citizens.
  • foreigner: Home secretary automatically to consider deporting any foreigner involved in listed extremist bookshops, centers, organizations and websites What?
  • immigrant: It seeks to detain and deport immigrants without cause or trial.

Preposition: on

  • ground: MK is the third suspect to be deported on national security grounds since June.

Preposition: at

  • end: A Jamaican, Williamson had been told that he would be deported at the end of his sentence.

Adjective complement

  • due: We cannot accept any responsibility if you should be denied boarding or deported due to non-fulfilment of the above.

Modifying Another Word

  • forcibly: Tim: In November 2005, fifteen Iraqi Kurds were forcibly deported from the United Kingdom.
  • immediately: On removal from prison they will be deported immediately to their country of origin.
  • subsequently: He was detained in Karachi and subsequently deported, via Dubai, to his place of origin.
  • back: Recently, a pregnant HIV positive woman was deported back to a country with no treatment for HIV.
  • eventually: They were the leaders of a punk rock movement so revolutionary that they were eventually deported to France by their government.
  • automatically: Mr Blair told MPs he was prepared to change the law to ensure most foreign prisoners were deported automatically.

Used with why or when

  • when: In 1998 she was detained and was about to be deported when the union found out.

Preposition: from

  • country: They had been deported from some distant country to be the colonists of Yehud.
  • region: The Afghan Arabs should be apprehended and deported from the region.

Preposition: for

  • reason: Most vulnerable are hardworking economic migrants who can be deported for the smallest reason.

Preposition: by

  • authority: Now back in London after being deported by the authorities, Meldrum bravely reported the oppression taking place in Zimbabwe.