Meaning of EXPROPRIATE
| Pronunciation: | | eks'prowpree`eyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners" |
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| | See Also: | | deprive, divest, strip | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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