dispossess
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dispossess
v. to eject someone from real property, either legally or by self help.
dispossess
verb cause to forfeit, declare forfeit, deprive, deprive of occupancy, disendow, disentitle, dislodge, displace, disseise, disseize, divest, eject from possession, evict, expel, expropriate, foreclose, oust, possessione depellere, relieve of, remove, turn outAssociated concepts: dispossess a tenant, eviction, summary proceedings
See also: assume, condemn, confiscate, demote, depose, deprive, despoil, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, disown, displace, divest, eject, evict, expel, hijack, oust, remove, seize, sequester