dispossession
nounUK /ˌdɪspəˈzeʃn/
US /ˌdɪspəˈzɛʃən/
Dispossession is when someone takes away something that belongs to you, like your home or your land.
The family faced dispossession when they could not pay their rent.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of forcing people off land or out of homes they have lived in.
The history of the region includes the dispossession of its native people.
3. The state of having lost something valuable or important.
He felt a deep sense of dispossession after leaving his childhood home.
4. In law, the removal of a person from property they occupy.
The court ordered the dispossession of the tenants from the building.