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1. Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
   "made a living out of shepherding dispossessed people from one country to another";
   - homeless, roofless

1. Deprive of the possession of real estate
   "This farmer was dispossessed without knowing what complaints had been levied against him"

See also: unfortunate

Type of: deprive, divest, strip

Encyclopedia: Dispossessed