expropriate

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

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    deprive of possessions

    The Communist government expropriated the landowners.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms expropriatedexpropriatesexpropriatingexpropriationexpropriators
Derived forms unexpropriated
Related forms expropriableexpropriationexpropriativeexpropriatorexpropriatory

Etymology

From Medieval Latin expropriātus.

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