ouster
IPA: ˈaʊstɝ
noun
- (historical) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection.
- (property law) Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property.
- (now chiefly US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup.
- (UK) Someone who ousts.
verb
- To oust.
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Examples of "ouster" in Sentences
- Protests in Quito have contributed to the mid-term ouster of Ecuador's last three democratically elected Presidents.
- Legal experts said the court could prosecute the prime minister for contempt, and a conviction would lead to his ouster from the post.
- And even since Dobbs's ouster from the network last November, the immigration system has become even more punitive, with a notable rise in deportations under the Obama administration, compared to the rate under George W. Bush.
- Charles R. Black Jr., the senior adviser to Republican John McCain whose work for foreign dictators has led Democrats to call for his ouster, is not the only lobbyist in the family volunteering on the senator from Arizona's presidential campaign.
- They came to power in 1791, and the popular mob uprising of 31 May-2 June 1793 led to their ouster from the Convention, the ascension of the Jacobins, and the trial and subsequent execution of prominent Girondins, including Brissot, in late October 1793.
- Although Mr. Gates announced revised standards last week that make it harder for the military to discharge service members whose sexual orientation is revealed by third parties, gay men and lesbians who willingly reveal their sexual orientation still face ouster from the military, at least as the law is written.
- Folks in the business contend that he just needed to get over himself and grasp the brass ring (a contract purportedly worth $1.2 million annually), but apparently Meier isn't the type to bounce back from what he perceives as unjust treatment and a grievous personal attack (his ouster from the show with six weeks remaining in his contract).
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