as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossess
Island residents could be dispossessed by land privatization, not unlike what happened in Hawaii, said Siniva Bennett, board chair of the Samoa Pacific Development Corp., a Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit.
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Mark Thiessen, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
There was a moment in the second half when Cuthbert dispossessed opposite number Grace Clinton, then dribbled away from her, got her body in the way and won a free kick.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Starting the game in intense fashion, their decision to press Barca high up the pitch paid off as Federico Dimarco dispossessed Dani Olmo and immediately found Denzel Dumfries.
—Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
During a discriminatory apartheid government that ended in the mid-1990s, Black South Africans were forcibly dispossessed of their lands for the benefit of Whites.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
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Mark Thiessen, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
There was a moment in the second half when Cuthbert dispossessed opposite number Grace Clinton, then dribbled away from her, got her body in the way and won a free kick.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Starting the game in intense fashion, their decision to press Barca high up the pitch paid off as Federico Dimarco dispossessed Dani Olmo and immediately found Denzel Dumfries.
—Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
During a discriminatory apartheid government that ended in the mid-1990s, Black South Africans were forcibly dispossessed of their lands for the benefit of Whites.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossess
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The solution: evict those states that are not true believers.—
STACIE E. GODDARD,
Foreign Affairs,
28 July 2025
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This left just Amy and Will, one of whom was evicted after a unanimous vote.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
28 July 2025
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Over the course of several weeks in June and July, CNN followed a group of Palestinian women facing an awful choice between risking their own lives, which could deprive their families of their only remaining provider, or watching their children starve.—
Sarah El Sirgany,
CNN Money,
30 July 2025
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Not only negligence, but accident or fraud, fire or theft, might deprive an individual of his office.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
29 July 2025
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“Dispossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossess. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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