• (v. t.) 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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/dispossess/
Dis`pos·sess' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dispossessed ; present participle & verbal noun Dispossessing .] [ Prefix dis- + possess : confer French déposséder .] To put out of possession; to depr... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/91
to put (a person) out of possession, esp. of real property; oust. · to banish. · to abandon ownership of (a building), esp. as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/dispossess