About The Word Expropriate
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Expropriate
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What's The Definition Of Expropriate?
[v] deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Expropriate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Expropriate: accroach | annex | arrogate | attach | collectivize | commandeer | communalize | communize | confiscate | cut off | disendow | disherison | disinherit | disown | dispossess | disseise | distrain | evict | foreclose | garnish | impound | impress | levy | nationalize | preempt | press | replevin | replevy | seize | sequester | sequestrate | socialize | take | take away See Also | deprive | divest | strip Expropriate In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [L. ex out, from + proprius
one's own: cf. F. exproprier.]
To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership
of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
--Boyle.
Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were
expropriated by Act of Parliament. --M. Arnold.
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