French word

déporter

Pronunciation

IPA/depɔʁte/

Meaning

  • verbdeport

Example

La police a déporté l'étranger vers son pays.

The police deported the foreign national to his home country.

Illustration for déporter (deport)

More examples

Plusieurs familles craignent de se faire déporter.

Several families fear being deported.

Core concept

A state order and escort moving a person beyond the national border.

Common phrases

  • se faire déporter

    be deported

  • déporter un demandeur d'asile

    deport an asylum seeker

Similar words

expulser: Removing a foreign national from a country by official order.
renvoyer: Returning a foreign national to their home country.
reconduire: Accompanying a person to the border or airport for return.

Definition in French

Envoyer de force une personne hors du territoire national, généralement par une mesure administrative ou judiciaire.

Word origin

French déporter descends from Latin deportare, from de- 'away' and portare 'carry', and its sense developed from carrying away to official removal from a country.

Usage tips

  • Déporter is a formal transitive verb, so the person is a direct object: déporter quelqu'un, often with vers for the destination.

Other meanings

  • banishverb

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