expropriate

ex·pro·pri·ate  (k-sprpr-t)

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.

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

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ex·propri·ation n.

ex·propri·ator n.

ex·propri·a·tory (--tôr, -tr) adj.

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expropriate [ɛksˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt]

vb (tr)

(Law) to deprive (an owner) of (property), esp by taking it for public use See also eminent domain

[from Medieval Latin expropriāre to deprive of possessions, from proprius own]

expropriable  adj

expropriation  n

expropriator  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

expropriate - deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners" deprive, divest, strip - take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

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expropriate

verb (Formal) seize, take, appropriate, confiscate, assume, take over, take away, commandeer, requisition, arrogate The Bolsheviks expropriated the property of the landowners.

Translations

expropriate [eksˈprəʊprɪeɪt] VT → expropiar

expropriate [ɛkˈsprəʊprieɪt] vt → exproprier

expropriate

vt → enteignen

expropriate [ɛksˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt] vt → espropriare

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expropriate [ɛksˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt] vt → espropriare