About The Word Expropriate

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Expropriate

Expropriate Meaning & Definition
Expropriate Definition And Meaning

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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