as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossess
Island residents could be dispossessed by land privatization, not unlike what happened in Hawaii, said Siniva Bennett, board chair of the Samoa Pacific Development Corp., a Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit.
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Mark Thiessen, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
There was a moment in the second half when Cuthbert dispossessed opposite number Grace Clinton, then dribbled away from her, got her body in the way and won a free kick.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Starting the game in intense fashion, their decision to press Barca high up the pitch paid off as Federico Dimarco dispossessed Dani Olmo and immediately found Denzel Dumfries.
—Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
During a discriminatory apartheid government that ended in the mid-1990s, Black South Africans were forcibly dispossessed of their lands for the benefit of Whites.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
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Mark Thiessen, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
There was a moment in the second half when Cuthbert dispossessed opposite number Grace Clinton, then dribbled away from her, got her body in the way and won a free kick.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Starting the game in intense fashion, their decision to press Barca high up the pitch paid off as Federico Dimarco dispossessed Dani Olmo and immediately found Denzel Dumfries.
—Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
During a discriminatory apartheid government that ended in the mid-1990s, Black South Africans were forcibly dispossessed of their lands for the benefit of Whites.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
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On Wednesday, the California Civil Rights Department announced a settlement prohibiting Vertus Properties from evicting victims of domestic violence and which ordered $46,825 in fees for the woman to cover housing and other costs.—
Ishani Desai
July 11,
Sacbee.com,
11 July 2025
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Elan joined the show during Casa Amor, which happened right after Hannah was evicted.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
10 July 2025
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The indictment alleged Hankison deprived Taylor of the right to be free from unreasonable seizures and deprived her neighbors of the right to be free from the deprivation of liberty without due process of law.—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
17 July 2025
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The lawsuit accuses Colorado of depriving Nebraska of as much as 1.3 million acre-feet (about 160,350 hectare-meters) of water from the river over several years that Nebraska is entitled to under a 1923 compact between the states.—
Margery A. Beck,
Denver Post,
16 July 2025
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“Dispossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossess. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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