dispossession

🇺🇸 /ˌdɪspəˈzeʃn/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdɪspəˈzeʃn/
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noun
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When someone's property or land is taken away from them, especially by force or without their consent.

The indigenous people faced dispossession when their lands were taken over by settlers.

当地土著居民的土地被殖民者占领时,他们面临了被剥夺土地的情况。

translation

n. 剥夺

词形变化

Plural dispossessions