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    deport
    /dɪˈpɔːt/

    verb

    • 1. expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime: "he was deported for violation of immigration laws" Similar expelbanishexiletransportOpposite admit
    • 2. conduct oneself in a specified manner: archaic "he has deported himself with great dignity" Similar behaveactperformconduct oneself

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDEPORT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    DEPORT definition: 1. to force someone to leave a country, especially someone who has no legal right to be there or…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › deportDeport Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DEPORT is to send out of the country by legal deportation. How to use deport in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Deport.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDEPORT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    DEPORT meaning: 1. to force someone to leave a country, especially someone who has no legal right to be there or…. Learn more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › deportDEPORT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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. Discover More.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDEPORT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    verb. If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there. ...a government decision earlier this month to deport all illegal immigrants. [VERB noun]

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › deportDeport - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To deport is to kick someone out of a country. Deporting is also to deliver a person to the authorities of another country. Although you might like to deport your little brother from your room, it’s something governments do. Governments have the power to deport.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › deportDeport - definition of deport by The Free Dictionary

    1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to remove (an alien) forcibly from a country; expel. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to carry (an inhabitant) forcibly away from his or her homeland; transport; exile; banish. 3. to conduct, hold, or behave (oneself) in a specified manner.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › deportdeport verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    deport. deport somebody to force somebody to leave a country, usually because they have broken the law or because they have no legal right to be there. He was convicted of drug offences and deported. Many refugees were forcibly deported back to the countries they had come from.

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishDEPORT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    to force a foreign person to leave a country: Thousands of illegal immigrants are deported from the US every year. deportation. noun [ C, U ] uk / ˌdiːpɔːˈteɪʃ ə n / us. He now faces deportation back to his native country. (Definition of deport from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of deport.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › deportdeport | meaning of deport in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    deport meaning, definition, what is deport: to make someone leave a country and retu...: Learn more.