A deport is the disappearance of an object during a séance. Believers attribute a deport to paranormal forces. Skeptics attribute it to conjuring. Good magicians and good mediums can make objects seem to disappear.
See also apport and teleportation.
further reading
Keene, M. Lamar. The Psychic Mafia (Prometheus, 1997).
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