dispossession

noun
🔊/ˌdɪspəˈzeʃn/
🔊/ˌdɪspəˈzeʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. the act of taking somebody's property or land away from them剥夺,夺去(某人的财产、土地、房屋)
    • These people suffered colonial conquest and dispossession.这些人遭受了殖民地的征服和剥夺。
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