expropriate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.

/ɛksˈpɹəʊpɹi.eɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-expropriate.wav

expropriate expropriates expropriating expropriated

From Medieval Latin expropriātus.

expropriable expropriation expropriative expropriator expropriatory

unexpropriated

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