Dispossess /(?; see Possess)/

Dis·pos·sess

Dispossess

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Dispossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing

  1. 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.
    Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain.