What does expropriate mean?
Definitions for expropriate
ɛksˈproʊ priˌeɪtex·pro·pri·ate
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Princeton's WordNet
expropriateverb
deprive of possessions
"The Communist government expropriated the landowners"
Wiktionary
expropriateverb
To deprive a person of their private property for public use.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Expropriateverb
To make no longer our own; to hold no longer as a property. Not in use.
Etymology: ex and proprius, Latin.
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. Robert Boyle, Seraphick Love.
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expropriate
To expropriate is to dispossess or take away someone's property or assets, often for public use, through a legal process or by a government authority. It typically involves the means of compulsory purchase, seizure, or requisition and may be with or without compensation to the owner.
Webster Dictionary
Expropriateverb
to put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights
Etymology: [L. ex out, from + proprius one's own: cf. F. exproprier.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Expropriate
eks-prō′pri-āt, v.t. to dispossess.—n. Expropriā′tion. [L. expropriāre, -ātum—ex, out, proprium, property.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of expropriate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of expropriate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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- отчуждавамBulgarian
- vyvlastnitCzech
- enteignenGerman
- απαλλοτριώνωGreek
- eksproprigiEsperanto
- expropiarSpanish
- سلب مالکیتPersian
- pakkolunastaaFinnish
- exproprierFrench
- expropiarGalician
- mengambil alihIndonesian
- espropriareItalian
- להפקיעHebrew
- expropriéierenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ekspropriereNorwegian
- wywłaszczaćPolish
- expropriarPortuguese
- exproprieraSwedish
- 徵用Chinese
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