dispossess
🇬🇧 UK/dɪspə'zes/🇺🇸 US/.dispә'zes/
B1
Definitions
v.
To deprive someone of land, property, or possessions, especially by evicting them
剥夺(财产);驱逐;使失去所有权
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishdispossessother
=dispossess
Example Sentences
- 1.
The colonial powers dispossessed indigenous people of their ancestral lands.