Expropriate Definition
ĕk-sprōprē-āt
expropriated, expropriates, expropriating
verb
To take (land, property, etc.) from its owner; esp., to take for public use or in the public interest, as by right of eminent domain.
Webster's New World
To transfer (property) from another to oneself.
Webster's New World
To deprive of ownership; dispossess.
Webster's New World
Of government: forcibly to divest another of a property interest, as by eminent domain.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
- usurp
- take
- seize
- impound
- confiscate
- commandeer
- dispossess
- deprive of property
- snatch
- grab
Antonyms:
Origin of Expropriate
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Medieval Latin expropriāre expropriāt- Latin ex- ex- Latin propriāre to appropriate (from proprius one's own proper)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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