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DEPORT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expel from a country

Example:

The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions

Synonyms:

deport; exile; expatriate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "deport" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

deportation (the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien)

deportation (the act of expelling a person from their native land)

deportee (a person who is expelled from home or country by authority)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hand over to the authorities of another country

Example:

They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there

Synonyms:

deliver; deport; extradite

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "deport" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deport"):

repatriate (send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

deportee (a person who is expelled from home or country by authority)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Behave in a certain manner

Example:

They conducted themselves well during these difficult times

Synonyms:

acquit; bear; behave; carry; comport; conduct; deport

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "deport" is one way to...):

bear; carry; hold (support or hold in a certain manner)

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deport"):

fluster (be flustered; behave in a confused manner)

assert; put forward (insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized)

deal (behave in a certain way towards others)

walk around (behave in a certain manner or have certain properties)

pose; posture (behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

deportment ((behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people)

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