expropriation

ex·pro·pri·ate (

k-spr

)

tr.v. ex·pro·pri·at·ed, ex·pro·pri·at·ing, ex·pro·pri·ates

1. To deprive of possession: expropriated the property owners who lived in the path of the new highway.

2. To transfer (another's property) to oneself.

[Medieval Latin exproprire, exproprit- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin proprire, to appropriate (from proprius, one's own; see proper).]

ex·propri·ation n.

ex·propri·ator n.

ex·propri·a·tory (-

-tôr

, -t

) adj.

expropriation

the process of taking over property, especially real property, of another by any process, lawful or not.

See also: Property and Ownership

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Noun

expropriation - taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)

arrogation, confiscation - seizure by the government

expropriation

noun (Formal) seizure, takeover, impounding, confiscation, commandeering, requisitioning, sequestration, disseisin (Law) illegal expropriation of their assets

Translations

expropriation [eksˌprəʊprɪˈeɪʃən] N → expropiación f

expropriation [ɛkˌsprəʊpriˈeɪʃ^ən] n → expropriation f
the expropriation of property → l'expropriation de biens

expropriation

n → Enteignung f, → Expropriation f (dated)

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The expropriation of the farmers that took place at this time would also have swelled our vote had it not been for the brief and futile rise of the Grange Party.

The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context

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