dispossess
verb [usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dispossess | |
| he / she / it dispossesses | |
| past simple dispossessed | |
| past participle dispossessed | |
| -ing form dispossessing |
- dispossess somebody (of something)
to take somebody’s property, land or house away from them 剥夺，夺去（某人的财产、土地、房屋） Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser ‘possess’.