About The Word Expropriate
Learn about the word Expropriate to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Expropriate definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Expropriate
| 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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Presentable ‐ fit to be seen;…
- Myotonic ‐ of or relating to or caused…
- Atom bomb ‐ a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear…
- Sphincter ani ‐ the sphincter muscle…
- Argentina ‐ type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines [n] a republic in…
- Mu-meson ‐ an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life…
- Shrewishness ‐ a nature given to nagging…
- Notarize ‐ authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature…
- Arteria nutricia ‐ an artery that supplies the medullary cavity of the…
- Whomp ‐ beat overwhelmingly [v] hit…