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Dictionary: dis·pos·sessed   (dĭs'pə-zĕst') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Deprived of possession.
  2. Spiritually impoverished or alienated.
dispossessed dis'pos·sessed' n.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The wrongful, nonconsensual ouster or removal of a person from his or her property by trick, compulsion, or misuse of the law, whereby the violator obtains actual occupation of the land.

The term encompasses intrusion, disseisin, or deforcement.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
  Synonyms: homeless, roofless


 
 
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