ouster

plural ousters

1. historicalA putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
2. lawAction by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
3. USThe forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; a coup; an ousting.

   D.H.S. declined to comment Friday on the ouster of Ms. [Kristi] Noem, who will lead the department through the end of the month.

   2026 March 7, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz, “Kristi Noem Survived Many Crises. Then She Crossed a Trump Red Line.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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   According to three Lakeview employees, Mr. [RC] Kendrick’s ouster came as the nursing home was telling staff members to try to clear out less-profitable residents to make room for a new class of customers who would generate more revenue: patients with Covid-19.

   2020 June 21, “‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents”, in New York Times

   Mr. [Rishi] Sunak, a former chancellor whose resignation in July precipitated Mr. [Boris] Johnson’s ouster, earlier said he would not serve in Ms. [Liz] Truss’s cabinet.

   2022 September 6, Mark Landler, Stephen Castle, “Truss Takes Office, Promising Britons They Can ‘Ride Out the Storm’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   The announcement blindsided employees, many of whom learned of the sudden ouster from an internal announcement and the company’s public facing blog.

   2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

present singular third person ousters · participle present oustering · participle past oustered · past oustered

1. To oust.

plural ousters

1. UKSomeone who ousts.