(v. t.) To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the 55th minute Ivanovic dispossessed Bale and beat Ricketts before sliding the ball across to give Tadic a simple finish.
(2) What we do know is that we cannot and will not see this decision as a vote of no confidence, and that we will find a way to continue through our own passion and dedication to making theatre that represents the dispossessed, tells stories of the injustices of our world and changes lives.
(3) 7.48pm BST 2 min: Blaszczykowski runs towards the Bayern box for the first time but Ribéry tracks him all the way and eventually dispossesses him some 20 yards out.
(4) David Cameron has attacked Labour's "rank hypocrisy" in calling for him to boycott the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka as he claimed his visit to the country's war-torn north will help give a voice to the dispossessed.
(5) Podolski dispossesses Lahm in the box, with the aid of a subtle shove.
(6) She read aloud the act preamble , acknowledging the Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders as the inhabitants of Australia before European settlement and the dispossession, without compensation, of their lands.
(7) Man Utd 1-0 Barcelona (Scholes 14) Cristiano Ronaldo took on and beat Yaya Toure only to be dispossessed by Gianluca Zambrotta on the edge of the Barcelona penalty area.
(8) And yet London sometimes feels absolutely ready for an angry new movement that can take advantage of the disaffection and dispossession growing inside a city where property has become an asset class for international speculation, with even the pokiest flat well beyond the means of anyone earning the average wage.
(9) Whatever is finally agreed won't end Israel's occupation and colonisation of Palestinian land or halt its war of dispossession against the Palestinian people.
(10) As Isis’s international notoriety grows, so too may its unifying appeal to the fanatics and fundamentalists, the disaffected and the dispossessed, and the merely criminal of the Sunni Muslim world.
(11) Dispossession bequeathed land the size of Cyprus to Bradshaw Station, first for cattle, and now as the Bradshaw Field Training Area, one of the largest weapons training grounds in the world.
(12) In Labour's working-class heartlands there is a powerful feeling of being dispossessed.
(13) Chapter 39 laid down that “No free man is to be arrested, or imprisoned, or diseised [dispossessed], or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go against him, nor will we send against him, save by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land.” In chapter 40 the king declared that “To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay, right or justice.” In these ways, the Charter asserted a fundamental principle – the rule of law.
(14) 25 min: Messi attempts another ferrety run into the the Inter penalty area with the ball at his feet, but is dispossessed by the combined efforts of Walter Samuel and Maicon.
(15) 10.31pm BST 62 mins Donovan dispossessed as he tries to force his way through on the left, but Diskerud is alert to the turnover and that's a really smart interception to stall the Panama counter.
(16) The beautiful moment in 2007 when our prime minister officially said "sorry" for generations of dispossession and destruction of indigenous Australians and their culture was a time when we knew who we were, and we were proud of it.
(17) From this West Ham broke, but Sofiane Feghouli needed too much time and was dispossessed.
(18) And yet the reason the judges gave the prize to Catton, rather than to either of the two other serious contenders – Jim Crace's parable of land and dispossession, or Colm Tóibín's spare, shocking portrait of the Virgin Mary – must be for its investigation into what a novel is, and can be.
(19) In the time it took to write this blog I received news of families in Uganda displaced by an oil treatment plant, a contractor sought in Kenya for alleged negligence in road safety, farmers dispossessed of land for a mine in Myanmar, and a threat to indigenous people in Nicaragua from another mega-project.
(20) Two minutes after Ibe’s goal, Roberto Firmino ran clear after dispossessing Glenn Whelan only to be let down by a piece of poor control.
Steal
Definition:
(n.) A handle; a stale, or stele.
(v. t.) To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
(v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
(v. t.) To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
(v. t.) To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
(v. t.) To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
(v. i.) To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
(v. i.) To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
Example Sentences:
(1) We determined to further clarify the mechanism of this transmural coronary "steal" employing intracoronary DP administration, thereby avoiding systemic hypotension.
(2) In the presence of peripheral vasodilatation, adequate blood flow can be expected after such bypass grafts at blood pressures as low as 80 millimeters of mercury and hypotension per se does not produce vascular steal.
(3) 'We were stealing money from our managers to buy vegetables to be able to survive.
(4) The combination of a carotid-basilar and a vertebro-vertebral collateral circulation was verified directly in a patient with a complete subclavian steal by means of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography.
(5) The second, less common type of steal is associated with isolated atresia of the proximal segment of the subclavian arteries.
(6) Jacoby Ellsbury goes to steal second, and the catcher Molina's throw isn't even close allowing Ellsbury to make it to third base with nobody out.
(7) Garfield has a history of making interesting choices and a knack for using his edgy watchfulness to steal scenes from some of the best actors in the business.
(8) There’s always other things you can do than stealing and that and running around with the same people,” he says.
(9) These chains have been stealing market share from bigger rivals, such as Tesco and Asda during the economic downturn.
(10) Camden Town is a creative business with a great range of brands that will complement our existing portfolio.” Mark Benner, managing director of the Society of Independent Brewers (Siba) said: “As craft beer continues to grow in popularity and steal market share we are likely to see more global brewers looking to take over craft breweries, something which makes membership to Siba even more important for breweries looking to differentiate themselves, as consumers look to seek out truly independent craft brewed beers.” • This article was amended on 21 December 2015 because Guinness is owned by Diageo, not SAB Miller as an earlier version said.
(11) Roger Kirkby: An infield single for Papi, lol Wait until he steals a base in this series.
(12) No patient developed evidence of an intracerebral steal at the higher arterial carbon dioxide tension.
(13) Chaffin’s sources say that, even as Elon Musk’s electronic car firm Tesla Motors is stealing away record numbers of employees from Apple , the house the Steves built is hiring Tesla employees right back – and specifically, “the kind of people from Tesla with expertise that is most suited to cars”.
(14) And if you're really funny, then provided you're not punching people when you come off, or stealing people's belongings, then you'll get a gig.
(15) One possible explanation for the lack of protective effect for isoflurane might be related to its vasodilative properties, which could result in a cerebral vascular steal.
(16) Even if Morgan is caught, people fear that his powerful backers in the army will find another militia to continue poaching and stealing gold.
(17) Concern over the extent of the News of the World's hacking of the phones of prominent people increased after it was revealed that the name of Brian Paddick , the former deputy assistant commissioner, was found on documents belonging to Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator jailed for stealing secrets from mobile phone voice messages.
(18) Apple accuses Samsung of: • Stealing design ideas, features of iPad and iPhone.
(19) "It was the negligence of Shell which compelled people to steal.
(20) There was still time for Saborio to try an audacious lob from distance to steal the game, but Nielsen, who'd looked ponderous in his movements all game, was able to watch this one safely over.