Thesaurus results for DISPOSSESS

dispossess

verb

ˌdis-pə-ˈzes

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 And what about the thousands of Native Californians who were dispossessed—of their lives as well as the land—but never offered reparations? —

Michelle Weber, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024 Everton’s goalkeeper took a heavy first touch, and Son dispossessed him and tapped the ball into an empty net. —

Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024 This includes the value of each franchise’s 3.4% interest in Soccer United Marketing — the marketing arm of MLS — which is acquired/dispossessed in tandem with the sale of a team. —

Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American-Statesman, 22 May 2024 While Native Americans were dispossessed, Africans were shipped—about 12 million of them—from one side of the Atlantic to the other. —

Jeremy Adelman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2015 See all Example Sentences for dispossess