dispossess
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Middle English, from Middle French despossesser
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dispossess (third-person singular simple present dispossesses, present participle dispossessing, simple past and past participle dispossessed)
- To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
- (sports) To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone)
- 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, BBC Sport:
- It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.
- 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, BBC Sport:
