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Discover LudwigThe phrase "act of dispossession" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the removal or taking away of property or rights from an individual or group.
Example: "The historical act of dispossession had lasting effects on the indigenous population."
Alternatives: "deed of dispossession" or "instance of dispossession".
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But die I must, very soon, and now that my furniture's gone, dying will be my final act of dispossession".
The settlers of the "City of David" are just the visible part of a broader act of dispossession.
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An indication that a criminal act of illegal dispossession and or pillage has occurred: (i).
An indication that a criminal act of illegal dispossession and or pillage has occurred: Is either in the failure to facilitate voluntary return, by the responsible party; or.
Second, Israel should undertake an act of genuine acknowledgment of the dispossession and displacement visited on the Palestinian people, including compensating refugees where appropriate, and thus set in motion the possibility of reconciliation.
But these acts of violence and dispossession, which Harper seeks to erase from history, will only intensify if Enbridge's Northern Gateway is approved.
"Despite decades of dispossession, communal violence was minimal.
"The Politics of Dispossession" (Pantheon) was published in 1994.
But the occupiers' sense of dispossession is fraught with racial and other ironies.
His internal landscape — "the homeless thing" — exactly paralleled the nation's sense of dispossession.
He briefly sent in the border guard, Israel's gendarmerie, reviving Arab fears of dispossession anew.
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