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expropriate

[ eks-proh-pree-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

expropriated, expropriating.
  1. to take possession of, especially for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner:

    The government expropriated the land for a recreation area.

  2. to dispossess (a person) of ownership:

    The revolutionary government expropriated the landowners from their estates.

  3. to take (something) from another's possession for one's own use:

    He expropriated my ideas for his own article.



expropriate

/ 蓻办蝉藞辫谤蓹蕣辫谤瑟藢别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to deprive (an owner) of (property), esp by taking it for public use See also eminent domain
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 别虫藢辫谤辞辫谤颈藞补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 别虫藞辫谤辞辫谤颈补产濒别, adjective
  • 别虫藞辫谤辞辫谤颈藢补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 别虫路辫谤辞路辫谤颈路补路产濒别 [eks-, proh, -pree-, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • 别虫路辫谤辞顎卲谤颈路补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 别虫路辫谤辞顎卲谤颈路补顎僼颈辞苍路ist adjective noun
  • 别虫路辫谤辞顎僷谤颈路补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • de顎-别虫路辫谤辞顎卲谤颈路补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 耻苍顎卐虫路辫谤辞顎僷谤颈路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卐虫路辫谤辞顎僷谤颈路补迟顎卐诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of expropriate1

1605鈥15; from Medieval Latin 别虫辫谤辞辫谤颈腻迟耻蝉 鈥渟eparated from one's own鈥 (past participle of 别虫辫谤辞辫谤颈腻谤别 ), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + 辫谤辞辫谤颈(腻谤别) 鈥渢o appropriate鈥 (derivative of proprius proper ) + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of expropriate1

C17: from Medieval Latin 别虫辫谤辞辫谤颈腻谤别 to deprive of possessions, from proprius own
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Example Sentences

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The president's spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, last month said the state "may not expropriate property arbitrarily or for a purpose other than... in the public interest".

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Wilcox was accused of shoving a Department of Animal Services worker and trying to storm an animal shelter to regain custody of his expropriated goats.

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MK's manifesto pledged to "expropriate all land without compensation, transferring ownership to the people under the custodianship of the state and traditional leaders".

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Some villagers whose land was expropriated were well compensated by the government and polls suggest more than 80% in the region are optimistic the train will boost the economy, particularly among Amlo's core supporters.

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If an agreement isn't reached the Portuguese government could expropriate the land.

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