1. deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions:"they were dispossessed of lands and properties at the time of the Reformation"Similardiveststriprobcheat out ofdo out ofdepriverelievebereaveinformal:diddle out ofarchaic:reavedislodgeoustejectexpeldrive outevictturn outcast outthrow outthrow someone out on their earput out in the streetshow someone the doorbanishexileinformal:chuck outkick outboot outheave outbouncedefenestrateturf outgive someone the bum's rushdated:out
Word Originlate 15th century: from Old French despossesser, from des- (expressing reversal) + possesser ‘possess’.
