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asportation

asportation noun: the illegal movement of goods or carrying away of a person.

Noun

asportation (countable and uncountable, plural asportations)

  1. The illegal movement of goods or carrying away of a person.
    • Kidnapping usually includes the seizing, confining, and carrying away (asportation) of another by force, threat, or deception, and without consent.2011, James W. H. McCord, Criminal Law and Procedure for the Paralegal, page 128

Forms of asportation

pluralasportations

Origin of asportation

From Latin asportatio.

Questions about asportation

What does asportation mean?
Asportation means the illegal movement of goods or carrying away of a person.
What part of speech is asportation?
Asportation is a noun.
What is the plural of asportation?
The plural of asportation is asportations.

Words near asportation in the dictionary

  1. asporin
  2. asporogenic
  3. asporogenous
  4. asporous
  5. asport
  6. asportation
  7. asportations
  8. asported
  9. asporting
  10. asports
  11. asporulate

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