Self-deport

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To evict oneself, especially from a country. intransitive

    "In total, at least 620,000 “Ukrainians” self-deported or were deported from Poland and at least 13,000 self-deported from Czechoslovakia to Ukraine."

Example

More examples

"In total, at least 620,000 “Ukrainians” self-deported or were deported from Poland and at least 13,000 self-deported from Czechoslovakia to Ukraine."

Etymology

From self- + deport.

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