deforce

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it.
2. verb To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty.

Similar words

devest distrain deforest defeasance dispossess disseize wrong divest unlaw outlaw

Often followed by

of in that which and for is on by

Word family

deforced deforcement deforcements deforces deforcing