deport
/di'pɔ:t/
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The government decided to deport the individual for violating immigration laws.
Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To legally force someone to leave a country, typically because they are not a citizen or have violated the law: The act of a government officially removing a foreign national from its territory.
- To hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of another country: This meaning is synonymous with extradite.
- (Reflexive: to deport oneself) To behave or conduct oneself in a specified manner: An archaic or formal usage describing one's bearing or comportment.
Usage Examples
- Verb (Expelling from a country):
- The government decided to deport the individual for visa violations.
- Thousands of people face the risk of being deported.
- Verb (Extraditing):
- The suspect was deported to face trial in his home country.
- Verb (Reflexive - Comportment):
- She deported herself with great dignity throughout the ordeal. (Formal)
Advanced Usage
- "to be deported": The common passive form describing the person forced to leave.
- He was deported after his asylum claim was rejected.
- "deportation order": The official legal document mandating someone's removal from a country. (Note: This is a compound noun listed separately as a variant).
- The reflexive use () is now rare and highly formal, largely replaced by phrases like or .
Variants and Related Words
- Deportation (n): The act or process of deporting someone.
- The deportation proceedings lasted for months.
- Deportee (n): A person who has been or is being deported.
- Deportable (adj): Describing an offense or status that makes someone liable to deportation.
Synonyms
- Expel: To force someone to leave a place, often used more broadly than .
- Banish: To send someone away from a country or place as an official punishment.
- Extradite: To hand over a person from one state or nation to another for trial or punishment (specific to the legal transfer meaning).
- Conduct oneself: To behave in a particular way (for the reflexive meaning).
Phrasal Verbs
(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)
Related Idioms
(There are no common idioms directly using the word 'deport'.)
The government decided to deport the individual for violating immigration laws.
Verb
- expel from a country
- The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
- hand over to the authorities of another country
- They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
- behave in a certain manner
- She carried herself well
- he bore himself with dignity
- They conducted themselves well during these difficult times