expropriate (redirected from expropriators)

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

Verb

[-ating, -ated] Formal (of a government or other official body) to take (money or property) away from its owners [Medieval Latin expropriare to deprive of possessions]

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

Translations

expropriate [ɛksˈprəuprɪeɪt] vt → expropiar

expropriate [ɛksˈprəuprɪeɪt] vt → exproprier

expropriate [ɛksˈprəuprɪeɪt] vt → enteignen

expropriate [ɛksˈprəuprɪeɪt] vt → espropriare