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1. (v.t.) expropriate
to take possession of, esp. for public use.
2. expropriate
to dispossess (a person) of ownership.
3. expropriate
to take from another and use as one's own:
expropriated ideas.
Etymology: (1605–15; < ML expropriātus, ptp. of expropriāre to deprive of property = L ex-ex -1+ ML propriāre to appropriate)
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1. (verb) expropriate
deprive of possessions
"The Communist government expropriated the landowners"
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1. (verb) expropriate
to put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights
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