Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AS-PORT-A'TION, n. [L. asportatio, of abs and porto, to carry; W. porthi, to carry. See Bear.]

A carrying away. In law, the felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited, is an asportation, and adjudged to be theft, though the goods are not carried from the house or apartment. – Blackstone.