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dispossess Definition

dis·pos·sess (dis′pə zes′)

transitive verb

to deprive of the possession of something, esp. land, a house, etc.; oust

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dispossess Synonyms

dispossess

v.

  1. To take away from

    confiscate, divest, strip, steal; see disinherit, seize 2.

  2. To evict

    dislodge, drive out, expel; see dismiss 1, oust.

dispossess Law Definition

v

n

  1. To evict someone from a tenancy in, or the possession of, real property.
  2. A document, such as a legally required notice, advising someone that an eviction proceeding will be commenced if he or she does not vacate the premises within a specified time period.
dispossess Usage Examples

Object

  • defender: Foday Touray created a chance when he dispossessed a defender on the byline, but from a tight angle he chipped the ball wide.
  • tenant: Some offered dispossessed tenants free of subsidized passages to North America, or attempted to encourage local industry.
  • spirit: Googlebot Wont Go Home I have ' Googlebot ' crawl my site every day like a dispossessed spirit that can't leave.
  • farmer: Whilst the land reform program was complete, Britain should compensate the dispossessed white farmers.
  • nation: And because of these filthy acts Jehovah your God is dispossessing these nations before you.
  • owner: Below them may be the members of a subclan who are the dispossessed original owners of the village.

Subject

  • machine: Plebeian agitators had been dispossessed by machines and treated as machines.

Modifying Another Word

  • easily: Ponderous, Langley gave balls away or was easily dispossessed.
  • eventually: In other words, the goal is to eventually dispossess them of their homeland and their capital, Jerusalem.
  • then: Chuck Martini was caught out by a poor back pass and then dispossessed by Da Coast who then shot in.
  • also: In the second, the producers were also dispossessed but produced at home on orders from a capitalist merchant.
  • not: I am not dispossessed of the last view but it may be a matter of emphasis.
  • now: The world's dispossessed now depend almost entirely on the work of the aid agencies.

Used with why or when

  • who: It will come from the dispossessed who no longer have access to health services, good education and jobs.
  • when: He was a slick player and never easy to dispossess when he had the ball despite his stature.

Preposition: of

  • land: The Asylum was first dispossessed of land in order to build a similar institution for boys.
  • world: The dispossessed of this world seem to understand that this is no longer an option for liberation ( if it ever was ).

Preposition: by

  • machine: Plebeian agitators had been dispossessed by machines and treated as machines.