Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To take (a property) for public use.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hold no longer as one's own; disengage from appropriation; give up a claim to the exclusive property of.
- To take or condemn for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner.
- Hence To dispossess; exclude, in general.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To deprive a person of their
private property for public use.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb deprive of possessions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This contrasts with the political argument of the far-left, to expropriate from the rich to serve the “base”, the working class.
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Faced with persistent food shortages, the government of Venezuela last week warned it could "expropriate" any food company necessary to ensure the nation's "food security and sovereignty."
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I have blogged earlier that after reviewing the agreement of several toll concessions, including Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong (LDP), Cheras Grand Saga Highway, KESAS and Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR), the Government is able to 'expropriate' these highways by giving between 3 to 6 months 'notice at' reasonable 'prices.
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"expropriate" resources and energies of OTHER people and try to subject other cultures to do
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"expropriate" resources and energies of OTHER people and try to subject other cultures to do
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"expropriate" resources and energies of OTHER people and try to subject other cultures to do
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"expropriate" resources and energies of OTHER people and try to subject other cultures to do
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"expropriate" resources and energies of OTHER people and try to subject other cultures to do
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"expropriate" resources and energies of OTHER people and try to subject other cultures to do
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"expropriate" resources and energies of OTHER people and try to subject other cultures to do
jwjarvis commented on the word expropriate
the capital that was expropriated in taxes (or, if the money was borrowed, that eventually must be expropriated in taxes)
October 2, 2010