Verb: deport di'port or dee'port [N. Amer], di'port [Brit]
- Show a certain behaviour; conduct or comport oneself
"he deported himself with dignity";
- act, behave, do, acquit, bear, conduct, comport, carry
- Expel from a country
"The poet was deported because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions";
- expatriate, exile
- 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