How is the word déposséder translated from French to English

English translation
dispossess
verb

Retirer à quelqu'un sa terre ou ses biens.

To take away someone's land or property.

Examples with “déposséder”

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  • Les colons ont dépossédé les agriculteurs locaux. — The settlers dispossessed local farmers.

  • La nouvelle loi pourrait déposséder beaucoup de petits propriétaires. — The new law could dispossess many small owners.

  • Des familles entières ont été dépossédées de leurs terres. — Whole families were dispossessed of their land.

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