"a carrying away or off" (legal), c. 1500, from Latin asportationem (nominative asportatio) "a carrying away," noun of action from past-participle stem of asportare "to carry off," from abs- "away" (see ab-) + portare "to carry" (from PIE root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over").
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