Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of expropriating, or discarding appropriation or declining to hold as one's own; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property.
  • noun The act of taking for public use upon providing compensation; condemnation by right of eminent domain.
  • noun The act of dispossessing an owner, either wholly or to a limited extent, of his property or proprietary rights.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)

Etymologies

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expropriate +‎ -ion

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Examples

  • There continues, as well, a certain expropriation of aspects of a generic “Latin” culture – the mojito/fajita craze as one example.

    Indicator Species : Emily Warn : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • For what amounts to expropriation from the unwilling taxpayer, the text of the report is not much better, stating as it does that the EU parliament has "squeezed" an additional €2bn out of member states.

    Scum for our money Richard 2006

  • In Germany I believe they call it "expropriation" - at least that's what wiki has for Germany on the subject.

    Damn Interesting 2009

  • But even those who have confidence in the ability of governments to create productive employment should be concerned about the ethical dimension of expropriation, which is on par with Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner's decision to nationalize private pensions in 2008, when her government faced bankruptcy.

    Ireland's Private Pension Raid Marian L. Tupy 2011

  • Last Sunday's term was expropriation, which is defined as:

    Legal Definitions 2008

  • The expropriation was the major obstacle to cooperation with Mexico, U.S. Ambassador Josephus Daniels told Roosevelt in 1941, and there was no sense trying to restore and defend a status “as dead as Julius Caesar.”

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • The expropriation was the major obstacle to cooperation with Mexico, U.S. Ambassador Josephus Daniels told Roosevelt in 1941, and there was no sense trying to restore and defend a status “as dead as Julius Caesar.”

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Government Gazette that certain claims for the restitution of land are being investigated by the Commission, have, despite information to the contrary, been termed expropriation notices.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • If the idea of expropriation be adopted by the people it will be carried into effect in spite of all the "insurmountable" obstacles with which we are menaced.

    The Conquest of Bread Peter Kropotkin

  • Call a spade a spade; call expropriation a ten-ton ice pick. supposed hijacking of a multi-billion rand manganese holding company,

    Moneyweb daily news 2010

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