Expropriate

Quick meaning: Expropriate is a verb meaning (transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.

Meaning

(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.

Example Sentences

When you have resigned, or rather consigned, your expropriated will to God, and thereby entrusted him to will for you, all his dispensations towards you are, in effect, the acts of your own will.

States have the right to nationalize or expropriate the assets of a transnational corporation operating in their territory. Investments of foreign investors shall not be nationalized or expropriated except for a purpose in the public interest; […]

Word Forms

• expropriates
• expropriating
• expropriated

Synonyms for expropriate

Depending on context, synonyms include commandeer, pirate, highjack, hijack.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate, confiscation, confiscate.

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