Frånta

Frånta is a Swedish verb meaning to deprive or strip someone of something. It is a transitive action used to describe the removal of rights, privileges, property, or status from a person or group. In formal and legal language, the verb is common when describing actions by authorities that revoke a right or take away an asset from someone.

Usage notes: The typical construction involves a recipient of deprivation and the thing deprived as a direct object. Common examples include phrases like frånta någon deras rätt or frånta en person deras egendom. The verb can appear in various tense forms and may be used in passive constructions, such as frånts eller fråntogs, depending on tense and syntax. Because of its formal tone, frånta appears more often in statutes, court rulings, and governmental policy documents than in everyday conversation, where synonyms such as beröva or ta could be used in less formal contexts.

Related terms and distinctions: Frånta is narrowly focused on the removal of something tangible or intangible from someone. Beröva is a broader synonym used for depriving someone of life, liberty, or more abstract rights in literary or general contexts, while avskära emphasizes cutting off or isolating rather than formal deprivation of rights or ownership.

Example sentences:

- Lagstiftningen kan frånta medborgarskap i vissa fall. (The legislation can deprive a person of citizenship in certain cases.)

- Domstolen kan frånta ägande om villkoren inte uppfylls. (The court may deprive ownership if the conditions are not met.)