expropriate

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ex·pro·pri·ate

(ĕk-sprō′prē-āt′)

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

To take (a property) for public use.

[Medieval Latin expropriāre, expropriāt- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin propriāre, to appropriate (from proprius, one's own; see proper).]

ex·pro′pri·a′tion n.

ex·pro′pri·a′tor n.

ex·pro′pri·a·to′ry (-ə-tôr′ē) adj.

expropriate

(ɛksˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt)

vb (tr)

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

[C17: from Medieval Latin expropriāre to deprive of possessions, from proprius own]

exˈpropriable adj

exˌpropriˈation n

exˈpropriˌator n

ex•pro•pri•ate

(ɛksˈproʊ priˌeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.

1. to take possession of, esp. for public use.

2. to dispossess (a person) of ownership.

3. to take from another and use as one's own: expropriated ideas.

[1605–15; < Medieval Latin expropriātus, past participle of expropriāre to deprive of property = Latin ex- ex-¹ + Medieval Latin propriāre to appropriate]

ex•pro′pri•a•ble (-ə bəl) adj.

ex•pro`pri•a′tion, n.

ex•pro′pri•a`tor, n.

expropriate

Past participle: expropriated
Gerund: expropriating

Imperative
expropriate
expropriate

Present
I expropriate
you expropriate
he/she/it expropriates
we expropriate
you expropriate
they expropriate

Preterite
I expropriated
you expropriated
he/she/it expropriated
we expropriated
you expropriated
they expropriated

Present Continuous
I am expropriating
you are expropriating
he/she/it is expropriating
we are expropriating
you are expropriating
they are expropriating

Present Perfect
I have expropriated
you have expropriated
he/she/it has expropriated
we have expropriated
you have expropriated
they have expropriated

Past Continuous
I was expropriating
you were expropriating
he/she/it was expropriating
we were expropriating
you were expropriating
they were expropriating

Past Perfect
I had expropriated
you had expropriated
he/she/it had expropriated
we had expropriated
you had expropriated
they had expropriated

Future
I will expropriate
you will expropriate
he/she/it will expropriate
we will expropriate
you will expropriate
they will expropriate

Future Perfect
I will have expropriated
you will have expropriated
he/she/it will have expropriated
we will have expropriated
you will have expropriated
they will have expropriated

Future Continuous
I will be expropriating
you will be expropriating
he/she/it will be expropriating
we will be expropriating
you will be expropriating
they will be expropriating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been expropriating
you have been expropriating
he/she/it has been expropriating
we have been expropriating
you have been expropriating
they have been expropriating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been expropriating
you will have been expropriating
he/she/it will have been expropriating
we will have been expropriating
you will have been expropriating
they will have been expropriating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been expropriating
you had been expropriating
he/she/it had been expropriating
we had been expropriating
you had been expropriating
they had been expropriating

Conditional
I would expropriate
you would expropriate
he/she/it would expropriate
we would expropriate
you would expropriate
they would expropriate

Past Conditional
I would have expropriated
you would have expropriated
he/she/it would have expropriated
we would have expropriated
you would have expropriated
they would have expropriated

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Verb

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"

expropriate

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

expropriate

verb

To take quick and forcible possession of:

commandeer, confiscate, grab, seize, snatch.

Idiom: help oneself to.

Translations

vyvlastnit

απαλλοτριώνω

expropiar

pakkolunastaa

exproprier

espropriare esproprio

expropriate

[eksˈprəʊprɪeɪt] VT → expropiar

expropriate

[ɛkˈsprəʊprieɪt] vt → exproprier

expropriate

vt → enteignen

expropriate

[ɛksˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt] vt → espropriare

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