deport

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /dɪˈpɔɹt/
• (RP) IPA: /dɪˈpɔːt/
• (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /dɪˈpoɹt/
• (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /dɪˈpoət/

Verb

deport (deports, present participle deporting; past and past participle deported)

1. (reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave.
   • December 30, 1710, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell

     Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.

2. (transitive) To evict, especially from a country.

   • He told us he had been deported to Spain.

Translations

• French: déporter
• German: abschieben, deportieren
• Italian: deportare
• Portuguese: deportar
• Russian: депорти́ровать
• Spanish: deportar

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