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dispossess
[dis-puh-zes]
verb (used with object)
to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
to banish.
to abandon ownership of (a building), especially as a bad investment.
Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.
dispossess
/ ˌɪəˈɛ /
verb
(tr) to take away possession of something, esp property; expel
Other 51Թ Forms
- dispossession noun
- dispossessor noun
- dispossessory adjective
- ˌ徱Dzˈǰ adjective
- ˌ徱DzˈDz noun
- ˌ徱Dzˈǰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dispossess1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Those who protest are dispossessed of their property, even their land.
He posted on X: "The Holy Father dedicated his life to serving the poor and dispossessed. "
"It's such a clear example of how colonialism benefits from dispossessing indigenous people of their land and writing us out of history."
In the golden age of mobility, the winners were the dispossessed.
Now that fires from Pacific Palisades to Altadena to Castaic have finally subsided, thousands upon thousands of residents are returning to a life dispossessed of its least common denominators.
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