Pengempasan

Pengempasan is a term in Malay and Indonesian that denotes dispossession, expulsion, or seizure of rights over land or property, typically carried out by authorities or through coercive means. Etymologically, the word stems from the root empas meaning to strip away, with the agentive prefix peng- forming a noun of action. The concept appears in legal, administrative, and historical contexts as a description of forcible removal of people or forfeiture of assets.

In historical contexts, pengempasan has been associated with colonial land appropriation, displacement of indigenous communities, or reallocation of land for plantations, infrastructure, or state projects. In contemporary law, the term is infrequently used in statutes, where more specific terms such as penggusuran (eviction), pengampasan or ekspropriasi (forfeiture or expropriation), and penyitaan (seizure) are preferred. The use of such measures raises questions of due process, compensation, and human rights, and practices vary across jurisdictions.

See also: penggusuran, pengampasan, ekspropriasi, pengusiran, penyitaan.

Note: Because terminology varies by region, pengempasan may appear in historical or literary contexts rather than in current legal frameworks.