dispossess
verb
[ dɪspəˈzɛs ]
• deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions.
• "they were dispossessed of lands and properties during the Reformation"
Similar:
divest,
strip,
rob,
cheat out of,
do out of,
deprive,
relieve,
bereave,
diddle out of,
reave,
dislodge,
oust,
eject,
expel,
drive out,
evict,
turn out,
cast out,
throw out,
throw someone out on their ear,
put out in the street,
show someone the door,
banish,
exile,
chuck out,
kick out,
boot out,
heave out,
bounce,
defenestrate,
turf out,
give someone the bum's rush,
out,
Origin:
late 15th century: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser ‘possess’.
