1 To oust, eject or exclude another from the possession of lands or premises, whether by legal process (as where a landlord lawfully evicts a tenant) or wrongfully
If you are dispossessed of something that you own, especially land or buildings, it is taken away from you. people who were dispossessed of their land under apartheid They settled the land, dispossessing many of its original inhabitants Droves of dispossessed people emigrated to Canada. to take property or land away from someone be dispossessed of sth
To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown