From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdispossessdis‧pos‧sess /ˌdɪspəˈzes/ verb [transitive] PGSCLto take property or land away from someonebe dispossessed of something Many black South Africans had been dispossessed of their homes.Grammar Dispossess is usually passive. —dispossession /-ˈzeʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
dispossess• A reunion of the discouraged, dispossessed.• And the predominantly male legal establishment is naturally reluctant to be dispossessed.• First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right.• Many returning refugees have found themselves dispossessed once more, made refugees in their own land.• Waves of grain, fruited plains, dispossessed people, tears of rage.• At all events, it was this group of the dispossessed that gave the first successful impetus to the Revolution.• So clean was the tackle that he was able to dispossess the player and race clear with the ball.• Rob Madgwick dispossessed Wright and fired in a shot that was well saved by Stuart Burt.be dispossessed of something• Many black South Africans had been dispossessed of their homes.From Longman Business Dictionarydispossessdis‧pos‧sess /ˌdɪspəˈzes/ verb [transitive] to take property or land away from someone, often illegallyblack South Africans who had been dispossessed of their homes —dispossession noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table 