dispossessions
Forced removal actions
Dispossessions are acts of depriving people of property, land, or belongings.
The word typically describes forcible or unjust removal—colonial dispossessions of indigenous peoples, dispossessions of tenant farmers, dispossessions following foreclosure.
The plural emphasizes multiple instances or a pattern: The dispossessions continued throughout the decade.
People seeking safety elsewhere
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- exileBanishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- uprootingExtracting from the earth
relocation · diaspora · migration · statelessness · repatriation · encampments · transients · evacuees
Forced departure from rental
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- confiscationSeizure by authority
appropriation · forfeiture · distraint · sequestration · lien · garnishment · condemnation · liquidation
Being without something
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- alienationState of being isolated
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
severance · rootlessness · longing · mourning · identity · belonging · heritage · ancestry
Defeating and seizing control
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
theft · annexation · treaties · reservations · apartheid · segregation · exploitation · subjugation
State of extreme deprivation
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- povertySevere lack of resources
- penuryExtreme lack of money
pauperization · landlessness · tenancy · indebtedness · foreclosed · bankrupt · stripped · bereft
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- exileBanishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
uprooting · relocation · diaspora · migration · statelessness · repatriation · encampments · transients · evacuees · internment
eviction
Forced departure from rental
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
confiscation · appropriation · forfeiture · distraint · sequestration · lien · garnishment · condemnation · liquidation · bankruptcy
loss
Being without something
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- alienationState of being isolated
estrangement · severance · rootlessness · longing · mourning · identity · belonging · heritage · ancestry · memory
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
enclosure · theft · annexation · treaties · reservations · apartheid · segregation · exploitation · subjugation · occupation
impoverishment
State of extreme deprivation
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- povertySevere lack of resources
penury · pauperization · landlessness · tenancy · indebtedness · foreclosed · bankrupt · stripped · bereft · want
dispossessionsgrants
Awarded funds for purposes
endowments · bequests · inheritances · gifts · conveyances
dispossessionspossessions
Things one owns
acquisitions · ownerships · tenancies · holdings · retentions
dispossessionsempowerments
Grants of authority
enrichments · enfranchisements · endowments · entitlements · provisions