Expropriate \Ex*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [L. ex out, from + proprius
one's own: cf. F. exproprier.]
To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership
of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
--Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were
expropriated by Act of Parliament. --M. Arnold.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
expropriate
v : deprive of possessions; "The Communist government
expropriated the landowners"
WordNet (r) 2.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "expropriate":
accroach, annex, arrogate, attach, collectivize, commandeer,
communalize, communize, confiscate, cut off, disendow, disherison,
disinherit, disown, dispossess, disseise, distrain, evict,
foreclose, garnish, impound, impress, levy, nationalize, preempt,
press, replevin, replevy, seize, sequester, sequestrate, socialize,
take, take away
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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