Dispossess (verb)

  1. To force (someone) to leave a property or place they own or occupy, especially illegally.
  2. To take possession of (property) from someone.

Origin:

Late middle english: from old french desposesser, from latin dispossidere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + possidere 'possess'. the verb was originally used in english law to describe the legal action of recovery of lands or tenements.

Examples:

  1. The government has promised to dispossess the wealthy landowners of their vast estates.
  2. The new law would dispossess the residents of their homes to make way for the construction of a new highway.
  3. The company's ruthless business practices have led to the dispossession of many small farmers.
  4. The dictator's regime dispossessed the citizens of their rights and freedoms.
  5. The family was dispossessed of their ancestral home when they were forced to flee the country.
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