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plural ousters
(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. examples
(now chiefly US) Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup. quotations examples
According to three Lakeview employees, Mr. Kendrick’s ouster came as the nursing home was telling staff members to try to clear out less-profitable residents to make room for a new class of customers who would generate more revenue: patients with Covid-19.
2020 June 21, “‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents”, in New York Times
Mr. Sunak, a former chancellor whose resignation in July precipitated Mr. Johnson’s ouster, earlier said he would not serve in Ms. Truss’s cabinet.
2022 September 6, Mark Landler, Stephen Castle, “Truss Takes Office, Promising Britons They Can ‘Ride Out the Storm’”, in The New York Times
The announcement blindsided employees, many of whom learned of the sudden ouster from an internal announcement and the company’s public facing blog.
2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in The Guardian
third-person singular simple present ousters, present participle oustering, simple past and past participle oustered
To oust. examples
(UK) Someone who ousts. examples