deport
verbUS /dɪˈpɔɹt/ · UK /dɪˈpɔːt/
Etymology Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō.
1
Archaic To comport (oneself); to behave.
- Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.December 30, 1710, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell:
2
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.
- Boturini was accused of entering the country without permission, jailed, and deported to Spain eight years after his arrival in Mexico.2019, Jane MacLaren Walsh, Brett Topping, The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban:
2 more examples
- Brexit has also made it harder for the UK to deport migrants back to the EU as the country has left the bloc's asylum scheme.2021 February 12, “Frontex plane arrives in northern France to help fight people smuggling Access to the comments”, in Euronews with AFP:
- In another case pending at the Supreme Court, the administration conceded it made an error in deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador last month but is fighting efforts to bring him back to the US.2025 April 8, John Fritze, “Supreme Court ruling on Alien Enemies Act raises new due process concerns for migrants”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- deportable, deportee, deporter, nondeported, redeport, self-deport, undeported