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What does dispossess mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word dispossess? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
  2. (sports) To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
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Reconstruction projects that, in compliance with traditional role models, address men dispossess women of their newly gained potential.
She explained how colonial laws had been used to dispossess indigenous peoples of their lands and resources.
This made it impossible to dispossess his three daughters when dividing up the land.
The Government of Canada does not dispossess third parties, nor does it force them to sell their lands unwillingly.
Lords who unjustly dispossess their vassals can expect punishment from a higher authority.
Some say that it would be cruel to dispossess these people of the only means of making money that they have.

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