deport

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deport

  • /dɪˈpɔɹt/ US
  • /dɪˈpɔːt/ UK
  • /dɪˈpoɹt/
  • /dɪˈpoət/

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Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō.

verb deports · deporting · deported

  1. archaic, reflexive To comport (oneself); to behave. Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.
  2. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: behave, conduct, comport, acquit, extradite, surrender, expatriate, exile, carry, deliver, bear, show, tell, refer, return, extradition

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Every language

verb to evict, especially from a country

Españoldeportar
한국어추방하다 chubanghada
日本語追放する tsuihō suru
中文驅逐出境 /驱逐出境 qūzhú chūjìng, 驅逐 /驱逐 qūzhú
हिन्दीपेश आना peś ānā
Portuguêsdeportar
Françaisdéporter
Deutschabschieben, ausweisen, deportieren
Italianodeportare
Ελληνικάεξορίζω exorízo
Românăa deporta
Русскийдепорти́ровать deportírovatʹ, высыла́ть vysylátʹ, вы́слать výslatʹ, выдворя́ть vydvorjátʹ, вы́дворить výdvoritʹ, изгоня́ть izgonjátʹ
Tiếng Việttrục xuất
العربيةطَرَدَ ṭarada
עבריתגירש, גֵּרֵשׁ gerésh

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@misc{deport_2026,
  title = {deport},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deport},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}