dispossess

🇬🇧 UK/dɪspə'zes/🇺🇸 US/.dispә'zes/
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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 English
dispossessother
=dispossess

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The colonial powers dispossessed indigenous people of their ancestral lands.

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