Exact Match for "dispossess"
- dispossess⇄dispossess, transitive verb.
1. to force to give up the possession of a house, land, or other real estate; oust.
Ex. The tenant was dispossessed for not paying his rent.
(SYN) evict, remove, dislodge.
2. to take away from; depriv
Starts With "dispossess"
- dispossession⇄dispossession, noun.
1. the act of dispossessing.
Ex. The long process of dispossession ... has all but stripped the Indians of their resources (Harper's).
2. the state of being dispossessed. - dispossessor⇄dispossessor, noun.
a person who dispossesses. - dispossessory⇄dispossessory, adjective.
having to do with dispossession.
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