dispossession

noun

Definition of dispossessionnext
1
as in deprivation

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2
as in displacement

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  1. deprivation
  2. displacement
  3. privation
  4. forfeiture
  5. expulsion
  6. ouster
  7. deportation
  8. migration
Noun
  • The poignant portrayal of the struggles of the woman, the stark caste differences and heart-wrenching deprivation won the film wide critical acclaim.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Studies have also shown relationships between sleep and circadian rhythm deprivation and mental health problems, drug use, speeding, delinquent behaviors, educational performance, and employment salaries.
    Addy Bink, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of deprivation
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  • Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Interestingly, while earlier studies flagged workforce displacement as a major concern for employees, more recent surveys suggest this fear is diminishing.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • During those years, its V-8 engine grew in displacement from 429 cubic inches to 472 cubic inches to 500 cubic inches, all mated to a three-speed automatic transmission driving the front wheels.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of displacement
Noun
  • Economic privation could further encourage violent competition between Syrian armed groups over territory and revenues.
    Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But envisioning the privation that followed, with Panguna shut down, requires little imagination.
    Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of privation
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  • The Institute for Justice is involved in a different lawsuit against Indiana, arguing that private prosecutors shouldn't be able to keep profits from civil forfeitures.
    Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Whereas criminal forfeiture requires a conviction, civil forfeiture doesn’t even require a criminal charge.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of forfeiture
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  • Another rabbi, Ethan Tucker, the head of Hadar, a yeshiva in Manhattan, noted that the Jews’ history of persecution includes not only massacres, expulsions, and forcible conversions but also prohibitions on converting people to Judaism, sometimes on pain of death.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • In response, Western nations expelled more than 100 Russian spies, the largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers in history.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of expulsion
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  • With the ouster of Maddrey and Iglesias, Tisch’s crackdown on OT is rightly starting at the top.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Shortly after Assad’s ouster, Israel moved in and relentlessly bombed the remaining stockpiles of the Syrian military, including in Latakia and Tartus, with complete impunity.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of ouster
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  • Dorsey’s boyfriend is a Brazilian immigrant with a pending asylum case, and he’s been clear that most migrants should be shielded from Trump’s broader deportation campaign.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The nation has experienced several mass deportation episodes in the past.
    Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of deportation
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  • Washington Post: What to know about camps in Syria holding families of ISIS fighters, amid concerns that sleeper cells could seize on vulnerabilities in Syria. · OPINION ■ How mass migration is being weaponized — a lesson from Poland, by Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), The Hill.
    Emily Brooks, The Hill, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Awareness is growing about how highways can be harmful to animals by forcing them to cross over congested roadways in migrations or normal movements as well as roadways blocking animal populations that are forced to survive within a patchwork of habitats.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of migration
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