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Dispossess: meaning, definitions and examples

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dispossess

 

[ หŒdษชs.pษ™หˆzes ]

Context #1

legal

Deprive someone of land, property, or other possessions.

Synonyms

deprive, rob, strip

Examples of usage

  • He was dispossessed of his inheritance.
  • The government dispossessed the villagers to build a new highway.

Translations

Translations of the word "dispossess" in other languages:

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น desapropriar

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ เคตเค‚เคšเคฟเคค เค•เคฐเคจเคพ

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช enteignen

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ mengusir

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ะฟะพะทะฑะฐะฒะปัั‚ะธ

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ wywล‚aszczaฤ‡

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ๅฅชใ†

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท dรฉpossรฉder

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ desposeer

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท mahrum etmek

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ๋นผ์•—๋‹ค

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ูŠุฌุฑุฏ

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ zbavit

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ zbaviลฅ

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๅ‰ฅๅคบ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ razlastniniti

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ svipta

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ะถะพา› า›ั‹ะปัƒ

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช แƒ›แƒแƒ˜แƒฎแƒกแƒœแƒ

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ mษ™hrum etmษ™k

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ desposeer

Word origin

The word 'dispossess' originated from the combination of the prefix 'dis-' meaning 'apart' or 'away,' and the word 'possess' which comes from Latin 'possidฤ“re,' meaning 'to occupy.' The term has been used in legal contexts to describe the act of depriving someone of land or property, often involving forced removal or eviction.

See also: dispossessed, possess, possessed, possessing, possession, possessions, possessive, possessor, possessors, repossess, repossessing, repossession.