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Verb: deport  di'port or dee'port [N. Amer], di'port [Brit]
  1. Show a certain behaviour; conduct or comport oneself
    "he deported himself with dignity";
    - act, behave, do, acquit, bear, conduct, comport, carry
     
  2. Expel from a country
    "The poet was deported because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions";
    - expatriate, exile
     
  3. Hand over to the authorities of another country
    "They deported the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there";
    - extradite, deliver

Derived forms: deports, deported, deporting

Type of: act, expel, kick out [informal], move, throw out

Encyclopedia: Deport, Texas