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Definition of deport verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

deport

 verb
verb
NAmE//dɪˈpɔrt//
 
deport somebodyVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they deport
 
he / she / it deports
 
past simple deported
 
-ing form deporting
 
 
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to force someone to leave a country, usually because they have broken the law or because they have no legal right to be there He was convicted of drug offenses and deported.
deportation
 
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NAmE//ˌdipɔrˈteɪʃn//
 
noun [countable, uncountable] Several of the asylum seekers now face deportation. a deportation orderSee deport in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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