The purpose of the policy is to eventually dispossess them of their homeland and way of living. From LearnThat.org.
"put out," "dispossess," &c., which are used in the same and in parallel passages?. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4] Reference
"I recognize the right of my rival to dispossess us.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold] Reference
In short, shall two common men dispossess the Neros and the. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola] Reference
"You, personally, began this dispossess action," said Mr. Stanley. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska] Reference
Bibles, seeking not to dispossess or rob the occupants of the land. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a Pioneer] Reference
Legislature to dispossess him of his office until David Thomas wanted. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
He paused, and looked dejectedly at the dispossess notice in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas] Reference
It was always the way; he was ever too reluctant to dispossess a girl of. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
"We can see him and get him to sign a dispossess notice," Nort suggested. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers] Reference
All the more did Sauron hate the possessors and desire to dispossess them. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
To dispossess them of this, therefore, became a matter of the first importance. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
John Manners 'mind a feeling of suspicion of which he could in nowise dispossess himself. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
Ruth looked distressed as her father glanced over the dispossess notice, for such it was. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas] Reference
It had not occurred to him to take any material revenge such as to dispossess her of her cottage. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
Rome, and with the sense of her 150,000,000 of children, to dispossess you (Puseyites) of this name. From Wordnik.com. [An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles] Reference
When you grieve, you -- dispossess yourself of the illusion that the future is going to be a certain way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2008] Reference
Inquisitions, stilettos, tortures, and banditti, from which it is vain to attempt to dispossess her mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859] Reference
I know of no power or authority can dispossess me of the same, but those only who gave me those authorities. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference
Information is hard to value until you have it, but once you have it, how can you dispossess yourself of it?. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
The only fact I know about your father is that he sought to dispossess you, declaring your brother to be his heir. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
There were several giants making Hebron their home, and I was eager to dispossess them; for I liked the situation. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
They had a fascination for her, and she could not dispossess her mind of the thought that she had seen them before. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
Wise to this, the government are using all the means at their disposal to ‘dispossess’ the private school sector. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It was possible because there was a black majority to dispossess, subjugate and exploit, as a matter of state policy. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
To deprive them of the former, and to remove the latter, were sufficient inducements to endeavour to dispossess them. From Wordnik.com. [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference
Meanwhile Emma had acquired a few more grey hairs and had resolutely declined to dispossess herself of the St. Michael. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
Peter, his relations would start proceedings against her, dispossess her and Marusya, and let them shift for themselves. From Wordnik.com. [In Those Days The Story of an Old Man] Reference
Washington always claimed that the tract belonged to him, and made several efforts to dispossess Dixon, but without success. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
Like most cunning criminals he could never quite dispossess himself of the idea that honesty and cleverness never went together. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference
An illness or a period of idleness does not suffice to dispossess you: a change of position, even considerable, does not put you to confusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
It could dispossess the peasant, and either turn his property into a state farm, convey it to another owner, or make the peasant a state slave. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
Sheriff William was furious, of course, for his aim had been to dispossess Richard of the earldom, and now he had lost all chance of doing that. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
The company resisted their groundless claims, whereupon they proceeded to destroy some of its buildings and attempted violently to dispossess it. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
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