Word info

adopt out

Verb

Meaning

To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.

To send a son or daughter away to live in another country. (Used with to).
The Chinese girl was adopted out to the United States.

To send a child to be adopted by family of a different culture and ethnicity.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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