mispossess

verb

mispossess

verb

Etymology From mis- + possess.

1

To possess illicitly, as by theft.

  • Be he quite wary, as wood is ware of fire, as thigh of bramble or of thistle, he, who may be thinking to mislead these beeves or to mispossess this cattle.1864, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, page 385:

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