DISPOSSESS


Meaning of DISPOSSESS in English

(~es, ~ing, ~ed)

If you are ~ed of something that you own, especially land or buildings, it is taken away from you.

...people who were ~ed of their land under apartheid...

They settled the land, ~ing many of its original inhabitants...

Droves of ~ed people emigrated to Canada.

VERB: be V-ed of n, V n, V-ed, also V n of/from n

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