ontneming

Definitions of ontneming
  1. noun
    act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
    synonyms: beroving
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    types:
    verarming
    the act of making someone poor
    hongerdood, uithongering
    the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
  2. noun
    the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
    synonyms: degradatie, onteigening, ontzetting, uitzetting
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