asportation

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noun

The illegal movement of goods or carrying away of a person.

OriginLatin asportatio →
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Meanings

nounasportation (countable and uncountable, plural asportations)

plural asportations

  1. countableuncountablelawThe 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

Origin

  1. Latinasportatio
  2. Englishasportation

From Latin asportatio.

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APA

asportation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asportation

MLA

“asportation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asportation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asportation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asportation.

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