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dispossession

NOUN
deprivation
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An "eco-city", a mining complex, and a massive project to grow food and fuel are all part of an Indonesian growth drive that activists allege is causing deforestation and dispossession.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

That double punch has left Black homeowners more prone to falling behind on their taxes and, ultimately, to dispossession.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024

One is of nation-building and achievement; the other is of the displacement and dispossession of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

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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