deport
/di'pɔ:t/
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'.)
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
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