dispossess
verb (used with object)
to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
dispossession
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a word derived from
dispossess.
Example Sentences
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Colonial states are founded on dispossession, he argues—and when indigenous peoples “resist,” they are simply destroyed in the name of security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Martel explores the killing not as an isolated event in her country’s recent past but as part of a long history of dispossession.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
An "eco-city", a mining complex, and a massive project to grow food and fuel are all part of an Indonesian growth drive that activists allege is causing deforestation and dispossession.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
The draft communique says a majority of member states “share common historical experiences in relation to this abhorrent trade, chattel enslavement, the debilitation and dispossession of indigenous people”.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024
And this view of things was connected to the fear that passed through the generations, to the sense of dispossession.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
