dispossess
Third Person
dispossesses
Present Participle
dispossessing
Past Tense
dispossessed
Past Participle
dispossessed
1
to take away someone's ownership of a property
transitive
- The government dispossessed the landowners to make way for a new highway.
- Legal actions were taken to dispossess the delinquent tenant of the rented apartment.
- The court order allowed the bank to dispossess the homeowner due to mortgage default.
- In times of war, invading forces may dispossess individuals of their homes and lands.