OUSTER

ouster

Noun

  1. A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
  2. Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
  3. Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Someone who ousts.


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