deport

To deport is defined as to force a non-citizen to leave a country because of a lack of immigration status or other violation.

(verb)

When an illegal immigrant enters the U.S. and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship makes him leave, this is an example of a time when the U.S. deports the immigrant.

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See deport in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

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

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

See deport in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·port·ed, de·port·ing, de·ports
  1. To expel from a country. See Synonyms at banish.
  2. To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport.

Origin:

Origin: French déporter, to banish

Origin: , from Latin dēportāre, to carry away

Origin: : dē-, de-

Origin: + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots

Origin: . Sense 2, Middle English

Origin: , from Old French deporter, to behave

Origin: , from Latin dēportāre

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