disproperty

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verb

To strip of property; to dispossess (someone) of.

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Meanings

verbdisproperty (third-person singular simple present disproperties, present participle dispropertying, simple past and past participle dispropertied)

present singular third person disproperties · participle present dispropertying · participle past dispropertied · past dispropertied

  1. transitiveTo strip of property; to dispossess (someone) of.

    He still hath held them; that, to his power, he would Have made them mules, silenc'd their pleaders, and Disproperty'd their freedoms

    c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

From dis- + property.

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APA

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MLA

“disproperty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disproperty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disproperty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disproperty.

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