Disfurnish refers to the act of depriving someone of something, usually furniture or possessions. There are several synonyms for this term, including dispossess, divest, deprive, despoil, expropriate, strip, rob, denude and strip. Each of these words highlights the sense of taking something away from someone and leaving them with less than they had before. Some of these synonyms can also be used to describe taking away things other than furniture, such as rights, privileges or status. Disfurnish, and its synonyms, can be used in a variety of contexts, including legal or political ones, or in everyday situations where someone has been wronged or deprived of something important to them.