The term we are analyzing has several meanings. It is synonymous with loot when it refers to the appropriation of the belongings of the vanquished by the victors in a military confrontation. This term is used in relation to the parts of dead cattle or birds that are not used. Likewise, all that food that is left over is also an offal.
With regard to minerals, those residues that cannot be used for any purpose are also offal. In literary language this word is used to designate what deteriorates with the passage of time. In the world of Santeria, dispossession is a ritual carried out with herbs and whose purpose is to cleanse the spirit of a person. As you can see, this word is used in different contexts of language.
When someone is taken away something that is their property through some type of violence, deception or threat, there is a crime of dispossession
It is, therefore, a form of dispossession or usurpation of some good with a lucrative purpose. To prove that someone has been a victim of dispossession, it is necessary to prove the legal possession of an asset. In some countries the dispossession of houses and land is one of the most frequent crimes.
Be a spoil
If a person degrades physically and emotionally to the point that he is no longer the same individual, he is said to be a human spoil. If someone says of another person "you look like a spoil" is indicating the bad aspect of the other. Sometimes the expression "human dispossession" is used as an insult or to emphasize the degeneracy of an individual by his base and despicable behavior.
The verb despojar is also used in several senses
If I say "I took off my uniform" I am saying that I stopped wearing a certain outfit and, therefore, stripping is equivalent to undressing or removing something from me.
If a person is separated from another in a violent way, this verb could also be used. Thus, in the sentence "the baby was stripped of its mother" it is implied that a child was taken from its mother.
In its reflective form, it is often used in relation to negative feelings ("you need to get rid of fear" or "to achieve true wisdom you have to get rid of prejudices").
The verb despojar comes from the Latin despoliare, which is equivalent to loot, plunder or strip.
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