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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 |
adverb + (v.)expropriate
also, when
(v.)expropriate
+ noun
acre,
administration,
asset,
authority,
building,
business,
church,
claim,
compensation,
corporation,
country,
cuban,
estate,
family,
farm,
field,
fire,
firm,
force,
fund,
government,
hectare,
industry,
land,
mansion,
mine,
minority,
office,
official,
oil,
owner,
peasant,
power,
property,
purpose,
regime,
resource,
restitution,
right,
sandinista,
state,
station,
term,
text,
tract,
use,
wealth,
word,
works,
year
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| derivations: |
expropriable (adj.), expropriation (n.), expropriator (n.) |
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