dispossess

• Verbe signifiant priver quelqu'un de sa propriété, de ses biens ou de ses droits, souvent par des moyens légaux ou forcés.

A verb meaning to deprive someone of property, possessions, or rights, often through legal or forceful means.

1. Deprive of propertyC1formal

   To take away someone's property, land, or possessions, often by legal or official means.

   Déposséder

   • The government dispossessed the landowners to build the new highway.
   • Many families were dispossessed of their homes during the war.
   • The court ordered the company to dispossess the illegal occupants.

   Synonymesconfiscatedeprivedivestexpropriateseizestrip

   Antonymesbestowendowgrantinvestvest