dispossessedadjective
uk/ˌdɪs.pəˈzest/us/ˌdɪs.pəˈzest/Dispossessed people have had their property taken away from them.
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- off with sth idiom
- relieve
- shelf
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
- tow-away
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dispossessednoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌdɪs.pəˈzest/us/ˌdɪs.pəˈzest/the dispossessed formal
dispossessed people:
the poor and the dispossessed