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   oust

   /oust/

   verb

   • 1. drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place: "he ousted a long-term incumbent by only 500 votes"
   • ▪ deprive (someone) of or exclude (someone) from possession of something.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a legal term): from Anglo-Norman French ouster ‘take away’, from Latin obstare ‘oppose, hinder’.

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

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