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dispossess

/dɪˈspɒsɛs/ verb · British & US
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What does dispossess mean?

verb

To deprive someone of their property or rights, or to remove something from a place or position. To take away or remove something that belongs to someone.

Example

"The government was accused of dispossessing the indigenous people of their ancestral land."

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