expropriate Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb deprive of possessions
- The Communist government expropriated the landowners
WordNet
Ex*pro"pri*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L.Definitions
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.