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deport
To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport.
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  1. To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport.
  2. To expel an illegal alien, or someone whose immigration status has expired or been revoked, to a foreign country. To expel an illegal alien, or someone whose immigration status has expired or been revoked, to a foreign country.
  3. To carry or send away; specif., to force (an alien) to leave a country by official order; expel
exile
To send into exile; banish:
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  1. To send into exile; banish:
  2. To force (someone) to leave his or her own country, community, etc.; banish
expatriate
(Intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
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  1. (Intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
  2. To give up residence in one's homeland.
  3. To drive (a person) from his or her native land; exile
transport
To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
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  1. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
  2. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
  3. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
ostracize
To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.
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  1. To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.
  2. To exclude from a group or society:
  3. To banish, bar, exclude, etc. by ostracism
excommunicate
To deprive of the right of church membership by ecclesiastical authority.
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  1. To deprive of the right of church membership by ecclesiastical authority.
  2. To exclude by or as if by decree from membership or participation in a group.
proscribe
To denounce or forbid the practice, use, etc. of; interdict
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  1. To denounce or forbid the practice, use, etc. of; interdict
  2. In ancient Rome, to publish the name of (a person) condemned to death, banishment, etc.
  3. To banish; exile
drive-out
(Idiomatic) to push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere
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  1. (Idiomatic) to push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere
cast out
To drive out; to expel.
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  1. To drive out; to expel.
outlaw
To place under a ban; prohibit:
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  1. To place under a ban; prohibit:
  2. To deprive (one declared to be a criminal fugitive) of the protection of the law.
  3. In the U.S., to remove the legal force of (contracts, etc.)
extradite
To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority.
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  1. To give up or deliver (a fugitive, for example) to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority.
  2. To transfer through legal process a captured fugitive to the jurisdiction where he or she is sought. To transfer through legal process a captured fugitive to the jurisdiction where he or she is sought.
  3. To turn over as according to procedures established in an existing treaty (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the country having jursidiction over that crime
sequester
To take and hold (property) by judicial authority, for safekeeping or as security, until a legal dispute is resolved
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  1. To take and hold (property) by judicial authority, for safekeeping or as security, until a legal dispute is resolved
  2. To set off or apart; separate; segregate; often, to segregate or isolate (the jury) during a trial
  3. To remove or isolate (a chemical, often a gas) from an environment by incorporation, mixing, or insertion under pressure:
isolate
To render free of external influence; insulate:
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  1. To render free of external influence; insulate:
  2. To identify or distinguish as a separate entity or group:
  3. (Microbiol.) To grow a pure culture of (a microbe), usually as individual colonies on a solid medium
relegate
To consign to an inferior or obscure place, rank, category, or condition:
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  1. To consign to an inferior or obscure place, rank, category, or condition:
  2. To assign to a class, sphere, realm, etc.; classify as belonging to a certain order of things
  3. (Historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
expel
To remove from membership.
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  1. To remove from membership.
  2. To dismiss or send away by authority; deprive of rights, membership, etc.
  3. To force or drive out:
oust
To eject from a position or place; force out:
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  1. To eject from a position or place; force out:
  2. (Law) To effect an ouster of (a party) from a property.
  3. To force or drive out; expel, dispossess, eject, etc.
dismiss
(Law) To adjudicate (a cause of action) as insufficient to proceed further in court because of some deficiency in law or fact.
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  1. (Law) To adjudicate (a cause of action) as insufficient to proceed further in court because of some deficiency in law or fact.
  2. To remove or discharge from a duty, office, position, or employment
  3. To direct or allow to leave:
expel
To remove from membership.
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  1. To remove from membership.
  2. To force or drive out:
  3. To discharge from or as if from a receptacle:
evict
To remove (a tenant) from leased premises by legal procedure, as for failure to pay rent
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  1. To remove (a tenant) from leased premises by legal procedure, as for failure to pay rent
  2. To put out (a tenant, for example) from a property by legal process; expel.
  3. To force out; eject:
discharge
To undergo or cause the release of stored energy or electric charge, as from a battery or capacitor.
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  1. To undergo or cause the release of stored energy or electric charge, as from a battery or capacitor.
  2. To release, as from confinement, care, or duty:
  3. To shoot:
deport
To expel from a country:
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  1. To expel from a country:
  2. To expel an illegal alien, or someone whose immigration status has expired or been revoked, to a foreign country. To expel an illegal alien, or someone whose immigration status has expired or been revoked, to a foreign country.
  3. To carry or send away; specif., to force (an alien) to leave a country by official order; expel
exile
To send into exile; banish:
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  1. To send into exile; banish:
  2. To force (someone) to leave his or her own country, community, etc.; banish
expatriate
To give up residence in one's homeland.
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  1. To give up residence in one's homeland.
  2. (Intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
  3. To drive (a person) from his or her native land; exile
expel
To remove from membership.
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  1. To remove from membership.
  2. To dismiss or send away by authority; deprive of rights, membership, etc.
  3. To force or drive out:
ostracize
To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.
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  1. To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.
  2. To exclude from a group or society:
  3. To banish, bar, exclude, etc. by ostracism
transport
To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
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  1. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
  2. To carry from one place to another, esp. over long distances
  3. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
cast out
To drive out; to expel.
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  1. To drive out; to expel.
dismiss
To send away; cause or allow to leave
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  1. To send away; cause or allow to leave
  2. To direct or allow to leave:
  3. To refuse to accept or recognize; reject:
dispel
To scatter and drive away; cause to vanish; disperse
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  1. To scatter and drive away; cause to vanish; disperse
  2. To break up, drive away, or cause to disappear:
shut out
To close a door on someone, or to exclude.
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  1. To close a door on someone, or to exclude.
  2. (Sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.
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