DIVESTITURE
Scrabble letter values: D2I1V4E1S1T1I1T1U1R1E1 = 15
Definition
- noun an order to an offending party to rid itself of property.
- noun the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division.
Examples
- “it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior”
- “the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly”