dispossess
Take away property
To dispossess is to deprive someone of property, land, or possessions—often by force or legal action.
The word carries connotations of injustice or displacement: Indigenous peoples were dispossessed of their ancestral lands.
Someone dispossessed has lost not just property but often their place in the world.
The noun is dispossession.
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despoil · disinherit · denude · expropriate · seize · withhold · impoverish · wrest
Take something away
- dethroneRemove from sovereignty
- deposeRemove from authority
- unseatRemove from position
- overthrowForcible removal from power
supplant · dislodge · topple · purge · usurp · coup · uproot · defenestrate
Government taking private property
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- lienClaim securing debt
- litigationLegal dispute process
court · judgment · plaintiff · defendant · injunction · eminent domain · condemnation · forfeiture
Remove from property legally
- tenantOne who rents property
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- leaseTemporary use contract
rent · arrears · vacate · bailiff · sheriff · lockout · ejectment · notice
Originating in a region
- nativeOriginating from a place
- landEarth's solid surface
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- settlersThose who establish homes
colonization · displacement · reservation · treaty · annexation · conquest · occupation · imperialism
People seeking safety elsewhere
- exileBanishment from homeland
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- migrationMovement to new territory
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
deportation · banishment · uprooted · expulsion · resettlement · evacuation · homeless · stateless
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plunder · despoil · disinherit · denude · expropriate · seize · withhold · impoverish · wrest · take
remove
Take something away
overthrow · supplant · dislodge · topple · purge · usurp · coup · uproot · defenestrate · uncrown
expropriation
Government taking private property
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- lienClaim securing debt
litigation · court · judgment · plaintiff · defendant · injunction · eminent domain · condemnation · forfeiture · asset
evict
Remove from property legally
- tenantOne who rents property
- landlordProperty owner renting out
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
lease · rent · arrears · vacate · bailiff · sheriff · lockout · ejectment · notice · quit
indigenous
Originating in a region
settlers · colonization · displacement · reservation · treaty · annexation · conquest · occupation · imperialism · sovereignty
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- exileBanishment from homeland
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- migrationMovement to new territory
exodus · deportation · banishment · uprooted · expulsion · resettlement · evacuation · homeless · stateless · asylum