legal Definition of asportation
:a carrying away;
specifically
:the carrying away of someone else's property that is an element of larceny
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asportation
noun
as·por·ta·tion
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ˌas-pər-ˈtā-shən
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Origin and Etymology of asportation
Latin asportatio, from asportare to carry off, from abs- away + portare to carry
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