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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You, the real citizenry, are being disenfranchised and dispossessed.
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Sean Illing, Vox, 7 July 2024
Further inconsistency is demonstrated by so many of these zealots who advocate withholding assistance to Ukrainian children and families who are bombarded, dispossessed of their homes and killed or maimed.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 May 2024
It was held on Israel's 76th Independence Day, which Palestinians commemorate annually as the Nakba, or catastrophe, when many Palestinians were dispossessed of their homes and exiled in Israel's founding war.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 16 May 2024
The legislature’s action represents a milestone for the budding national movement to seek compensation for families dispossessed by university expansion.
—Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
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Sean Illing, Vox, 7 July 2024
Further inconsistency is demonstrated by so many of these zealots who advocate withholding assistance to Ukrainian children and families who are bombarded, dispossessed of their homes and killed or maimed.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 May 2024
It was held on Israel's 76th Independence Day, which Palestinians commemorate annually as the Nakba, or catastrophe, when many Palestinians were dispossessed of their homes and exiled in Israel's founding war.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 16 May 2024
The legislature’s action represents a milestone for the budding national movement to seek compensation for families dispossessed by university expansion.
—Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Dispossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossess. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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