deport

verb

di-ˈpȯrt How to pronounce deport (audio)
Definition of deportnext
1
as in to exile
to force to leave a country deported them back to their country of birth

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2
as in to acquit
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way deported herself with grace and propriety at the country club cotillion

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How does the verb deport contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of deport are banish, exile, and transport. While all these words mean "to remove by authority from a state or country," deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare.

illegal aliens will be deported

When might banish be a better fit than deport?

In some situations, the words banish and deport are roughly equivalent. However, banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own.

banished for seditious activities

When is it sensible to use exile instead of deport?

The synonyms exile and deport are sometimes interchangeable, but exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country.

a writer who exiled himself for political reasons

When is transport a more appropriate choice than deport?

The meanings of transport and deport largely overlap; however, transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony.

a convict who was transported to Australia

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Recent Examples of deport Judge orders Trump not to deport Georgetown postdoctoral student and visa holder. — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025 The presentation made to administration officials about the dangers posed by the Venezuelan criminals may have inspired the proclamation issued by Trump last weekend to announce the U.S. would find and deport members of Tren de Aragua. — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025 Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia graduate student the Trump administration is trying to deport, appeared for an immigration proceeding in Louisiana Friday as his lawyers challenge his detention as cruel and unlawful. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025 On March 15, President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allows the president to deport noncitizens without evidence or a court hearing. — James Factora, Them, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deport
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deport
  1. exile
  2. acquit
  3. banish
  4. carry
  5. relegate
  6. behave
  7. evict
  8. restrain
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  • The unlikely foursome's journey leads them into the Exclusion Zone, where robots have been exiled after Mr. Peanut (Woody Harrelson) signed a peace treaty with President Clinton.
    — Skyler Trepel, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Women filmmakers working on British shores like Muriel Box, Wendy Toye, Margaret Tait, and Jill Craigie as well as American filmmakers exiled to the UK by the anti-Communist blacklist like Joseph Losey, Cy Endfield, and Edward Dmytryk will also feature.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of exile
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  • Listen to this article After more than 15 hours of deliberations over two days, a Lake County jury acquitted a one-time Munster babysitter Friday evening in a shaken baby case on a battery charge.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • While Trump was impeached twice by the House in his first term, the Senate acquitted him both times.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of acquit
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  • For many parts of the U.S., banishing cars simply isn’t realistic in the absence of comprehensive public transportation and high-density redesigns that often lack political or taxpayer backing.
    — Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Patrick, born Roman, raised Welsh, and famously credited with banishing snakes from Ireland (a reptilian issue geology had resolved millennia before) dominates the global imagination.
    — Gemma Allen, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of banish
Verb
  • The charges carry a possible 5-year prison sentence.
    — Rosemary Westwood, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Simpson, 90, isn’t worthy of carrying their luggage — not theirs, not anyone else’s on the list.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of carry
Verb
  • While most automakers have relegated AI to safety-system technology in current models, Mercedes' use of AI in the cabin is a new frontier for the North American market, especially for a vehicle on the lower end of a company's lineup.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Queen was left off the first team picked by the media and relegated to the second team.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of relegate
Verb
  • That’s one of my big dreams — to learn a lot about different cultures and how different cultures behave.
    — Anne Easton, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • How the climate crisis may be changing the way tornadoes behave A level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms surrounds the high risk area and stretches from eastern Louisiana, including New Orleans, into western Georgia, and the extreme western Florida Panhandle.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of behave
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  • Natalia was evicted from the apartment a year later and the couple was hit with accusations of abandonment and several charges related to the neglect of a dependent.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
  • As time went on, property owners evicted Kilgubbin’s squatters.
    — Robert Loerzel, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of evict
Verb
  • The landscaping is restrained, all clean lines and neat minimalism.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The ayatollah has repeatedly said Iran cannot trust that the United States would honor any bargain, especially after Mr. Trump pulled out of the last agreement to restrain Iran’s program.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of restrain

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