deport

de·port

transitive verb \di-ˈpȯrt, dē-\

Definition of DEPORT

1

: to behave or comport (oneself) especially in accord with a code

2

[Latin deportare]

a : to carry away

b : to send out of the country by legal deportation

Examples of DEPORT

1. Thousands of immigrants had been illegally deported.
2. <deported them back to their country of birth>

Origin of DEPORT

Middle French deporter, from Latin deportare to carry away, from de- + portare to carry — more at fare

First Known Use: 1598

Related to DEPORT

Synonyms

banish, displace, exile, expatriate, relegate, transport

Related Words

cast out, dismiss, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, kick out, oust, run out, throw out; excommunicate, ostracize, reject, repudiate, spurn; dispossess

Near Antonyms

naturalize, repatriate; accept, admit, receive, take in; entertain, harbor, house, shelter

See Synonym Discussion at banish, behave

Rhymes with DEPORT

abort, airport, amort, aport, assort, athwart, backcourt, bellwort, birthwort, bistort, blood sport, Bridgeport, carport, cavort, cohort, colewort, comport, consort, contort, crosscourt, disport, distort, downcourt, effort, escort, exhort, export, extort, fall short, figwort, forecourt, for short, free port, frontcourt, glasswort, Gosport, Gulfport, half-court, homeport, home port, in short, jetport, lousewort, lungwort, madwort, milkwort, mugwort, Newport, outport, passport, presort, purport, ragwort, report, re-sort, resort, retort, sandwort, seaport, sell short, Shreveport, spaceport, spearwort, spoilsport, Stockport, support, toothwort, transport