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ex·pro·pri·ate
 expropriate
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- pronunciation:
- eks
pro
pri
eIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
expropriates, expropriating, expropriated |
| definition 1: |
to take or transfer without permission.
- similar words:
- appropriate, commandeer, grab, usurp
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| definition 2: |
to take property away from, usu. by legal or official action.
The Communist Party expropriated landowners.- similar words:
- condemn, confiscate, dispossess, evict
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| related words: |
arrogate, claim, lift, strip |
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| derivations: |
expropriable (adj.), expropriation (n.), expropriator (n.) |
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