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adjective
1.
evicted, as from a dwelling, land, etc.; ousted.
2.
without property, status, etc., as wandering or displaced persons; rootless; disfranchised.
3.
having suffered the loss of expectations, prospects, relationships, etc.; disinherited; disaffiliated; alienated: The modern city dweller may feel spiritually dispossessed.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
2.
to banish.
3.
to abandon ownership of (a building), especially as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.
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