dispossess
verb (used with object)
to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
dispossesses
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present tense formof dispossess (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Eriksen dispossesses, works it out left where Spurs win another corner, which is rubbish, Eriksen blootering it straight behind.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2018
Rose dispossesses Sissoko to end one such break and passes to Son, who shoots wildly over the bar from 30 yards.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2015
But Watson, upset at looking like a haddie, chases back and dispossesses the Portuguese.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2011
Oof, as I was writing that Asamoah Gyan goes close again when he dispossesses the Nigerian defence and tries to lob Vincent Enyeama.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2010
One who dispossesses another of land cannot add the time during which his disseisee has used a way to the period of his own use, while one who purchased can.
From The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
