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deforce

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de·force  (d-fôrs, -frs)
tr.v. de·forced, de·forc·ing, de·forc·es Law
To withhold (something) by force from the rightful owner.
[Middle English deforcen, from Anglo-Norman deforcer, from Old French desforcier : des-, de- + forcier, to force (from Vulgar Latin *fortire, from Latin fortis, strong; see bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots).]
de·forcement n.
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