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private property

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Noun1.private property - movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
personal estate, personal property, personalty
belongings, property, holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";
chattel, movable, personal chattel - personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
effects, personal effects - property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business; "she left some of her personal effects in the house"; "I watched over their effects until they returned"
clobber, stuff - informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?"
Translations
Spanish private property n → propiedad f privada
French private property private n → propriété privée
German private property private n → Privatbesitz m
Italian private property n → proprietà privata
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It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
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Page one hundred and twenty-six: 'The cycle of class struggles which began with the dissolution of rude, tribal communism and the rise of private property will end with the passing of private property in the means of social existence.
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In some versions of the great drama of Punch there is a small dog-- a modern innovation--supposed to be the private property of that gentleman, whose name is always Toby.
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