Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

asportation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-porta-tion
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin asportatio.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

asportations (plural)

Questions

What does asportation mean?
The illegal movement of goods or carrying away of a person.
Where does asportation come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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