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dispossession

NOUN
deprivation
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The issue was morally and legally complex, he said, with compensation for colonial-era crimes, including land dispossession, yet to be addressed.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

The rebels say they fight for the rights of indigenous tribes and the rural poor, citing decades of state neglect and land dispossession.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

Our documents now serve as legal and historical evidence not only of our own story but also of a broader pattern of dispossession.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

But Penn’s legacy has been mythologized, to some extent, and his mission still led to the dispossession of natives, historians say.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

And this view of things was connected to the fear that passed through the generations, to the sense of dispossession.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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