Self-deport
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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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