deforcements
/dɪˈfɔrsmənts/
noun
- The act of taking or keeping someone else's property by force, especially land, without legal right.
- Historical records show many deforcements during the border conflicts of the Middle Ages.
- The court ruled that the deforcements of the property were illegal and ordered the land returned.
- The farmer claimed deforcements by the neighboring landowner who built a fence across his field.
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