Meaning & use
dispossession
The act of taking property, land, or possessions away from someone, often by force or legal action.
See it in a sentence
The novel traces one family's dispossession from their farmland during the war.
Colonial policies led to the widespread dispossession of indigenous communities' territories.
A note on using this word
Dispossession is a formal, often historical or legal term; "eviction" is the everyday word for being forced out of a home.
Words with a similar meaning
evictionexpropriation
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Words with an opposite meaning
restitution
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