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expropriate

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes
US /ɛksˈpɹəʊpɹi.eɪt/
Freq #84557

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    deprive of possessions

    The Communist government expropriated the landowners.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
takeconfiscatearrogatecommandeerhighjacknationalize
Word family
Forms expropriatedexpropriatesexpropriatingexpropriationexpropriators
Derived forms unexpropriated
Related forms expropriableexpropriationexpropriativeexpropriatorexpropriatory

Etymology

From Medieval Latin expropriātus.

expropriātus la-med
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