disinherit

Example Sentences

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It used to hang in the house of Rachel’s nephew, Siegfried Sassoon, which he bought with a legacy after her death — a great mercy, as Siegfried’s father was disinherited for marrying a gentile.

From New York Times

Once widowed, women are often mistreated and disinherited.

From Seattle Times

It was intended to remind the disinherited about the power that the state had over the bodies of all under its dominion.

From New York Times

Can one watch a white grandfather tower over his brown granddaughter, screaming he will disinherit her, and accept that this power equation is merely sexist?

From BBC

If he failed to do so, he was to be mostly disinherited.

From New York Times