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dispossess

 
(dĭs'pə-zĕs') pronunciation
tr.v., -sessed, -sess·ing, -sess·es.
To deprive (another) of the possession or occupancy of something, such as real property.

dispossession dis'pos·ses'sion (-zĕsh'ən) n.
dispossessor dis'pos·ses'sor n.
dispossessory dis'pos·ses'so·ry (-zĕs'ə-rē) adj.

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To oust, eject, or exclude another from the possession of lands or premises, whether by legal process, as where a landlord lawfully evicts a tenant , or wrongfully.

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verb

    To take or keep something away from: deprive, divest, rob, strip1. See give/take/reciprocity.

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To oust, eject or exclude another from the possession of lands or premises, whether by legal process (as where a landlord lawfully evicts a tenant) or wrongfully. Compare disseisin.
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forjage, berøve, fratage

Nederlands (Dutch)
onteigenen, verdrijven

Français (French)
v. tr. - déposséder, perdre, priver, (Jur) exproprier

Deutsch (German)
v. - enteignen, vertreiben, berauben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποστερώ, στερώ

Italiano (Italian)
spodestare, espropriare, spogliare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desapossar, privar

Русский (Russian)
лишать собственности

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desposeer, desahuciar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - frånta (ngn ngt), befria

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
剥夺, 逐出, 使失去

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 剝奪, 逐出, 使失去

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 땅에서 쫓아내다, ~의 소유물을 빼앗다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 取り上げる, 奪う, 追い出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجرد من ملكيه, يطرد من ملكيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גירש, נישל, מנע מן‬


 
 
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