Definitions For Dispossession

noun

  • The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
  • Freeing from evil spirits

verb

  • To take land, possessions, etc., from (someone)

Is Dispossession a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Dispossession is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Dispossession in a Sentence

  • The land was settled by dispossessing the native people who lived here.
  • Opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes

Synonyms for Dispossession

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