Dispeople

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To empty of people or inhabitants. transitive

    "[...] the poſſeſſion of all thoſe Townes and Countries within thir now Quarters, being little leſs than the Iland, beſides what thir Cruelty hath diſpeopl'd and lay'd waſt."

Etymology

From dis- + people.

Next best steps

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: dispeople