Is Dispossession a Real Word?

Meaning of dispossession in English
the fact of having property, especially buildings or land, taken away from you, or the act of taking property away from a person or group: He said that the country was founded on the dispossession and slaughter of the land's indigenous inhabitants.

What does dispossession mean?

: to put out of possession or occupancy dispossessed the nobles of their land.

What does dispossession mean in history?

to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust. to banish. to abandon ownership of (a building), especially as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

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