asportation

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CIDE DICTIONARY

asportation, n. [L. asportatio, fr. asportare to carry away; abs = ab + portare to bear, carry.].

The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited. [1913 Webster]

" It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods are not carried from the house or apartment." Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

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ROGET THESAURUS

asportation

Transference

N transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.