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Definitions for Expropriate
[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.
[4] to deprive (an owner) of (property), esp by taking it for public use See also eminent domain
Words related to Expropriate
confiscate, sequester, requisition, annex, assume, arrogate, commandeer, appropriate, preempt, take, dispossess, impound, accroach
Words nearby Expropriate
expressivity, expressly, expressman, expresso, expressway, expropriate, expropriation, expt., exptl, exptl., expugnable
Origin of Expropriate
1605–15; < Medieval Latin expropriātus separated from one's own (past participle of expropriāre ), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + propri(āre ) to appropriate (derivative of proprius proper) + -ātus -ate1
Words that may be confused with Expropriate
appropriate, apropos, expropriate
Other words from Expropriate
ex·pro·pri·a·ble [eks-proh -pree-uh -buh l] /ɛksˈproʊ pri ə bəl/ , adjective
ex·pro·pri·a·tion , noun
ex·pro·pri·a·tion·ist , adjective, noun
ex·pro·pri·a·tor , noun
de-ex·pro·pri·a·tion , noun
un·ex·pro·pri·a·ble , adjective
un·ex·pro·pri·at·ed , adjective
Word origin for Expropriate
C17: from Medieval Latin expropriāre to deprive of possessions, from proprius own
Synonyms for Expropriate
annex, confiscate, requisition, sequester, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, dispossess, impound, preempt, take, accroach, deprive of property, take over