1. (v.t.)displace to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
2. displace to move or put out of the usual or proper place.
3. displace to replace; supplant.
4. displace to remove from a position, office, or dignity.
Etymology: (1545–55)
Definition of 'displace'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure "the refugees were displaced by the war"
2. (verb)preempt, displace take the place of or haveprecedenceover "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
3. (verb)displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
4. (verb)move, displace cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstractsense "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
Definition of 'displace'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)displace to change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced
Definitions of displace 
Afrikaans: verskuif, verplaas
Arabic: يُزيح، يَضَعُ الشَيء في م
Bulgarian: измествам
Brazilian: deslocar
Czech: přemístit; odstranit
German: verdrängen
Danish: fordrive
Greek: εκτοπίζω
Spanish: desplazar
Estonian: ümber paigutama
Farsi: جا به جا کردن؛ حرکت دادن
Finnish: siirtää paikaltaan
French: déplacer
Hebrew: לַעֲקוֹר, לְהָזִיז מִמקוֹ
Hindi: अपनी जगह से हटा देना
Croatian: premjestiti, skloniti
Hungarian: elmozdít
Indonesian: membatalkan, memindahkan
Icelandic: færa úr stað
Italian: spostare
Japanese: 置き換える
Korean: 추방하다
Lithuanian: perstatyti/pastatyti neį 
Latvian: pārvietot
Malay: berubah tempat
Dutch: verplaatsen
Norwegian: flytte, forskyve, fjerne
Polish: przemieszczać
Persian: جا به جا کردن؛ حرکت دادن
Pashto: بي ځايه كول: دبل چا ځاى ن
Portuguese: deslocar
Romanian: a deplasa
Russian: переставлять
Slovak: premiestniť; odstrániť
Slovenian: premestiti
Serbian: razmestiti
Swedish: flytta [på], rubba
Thai: ทำให้ย้ายที่
Turkish: yerini değiştirmek, başka
Taiwanese: 挪移，迫使離開原位
Ukrainian: переставляти; пересувати
Urdu: اپنی جگہ سے ہلانا
Vietnamese: chuyển chỗ
Chinese: 挪开，移置
