expropriate

Verb

Meaning

To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

take annex requisition appropriate remove strip assume acquire steal seize attach seizing grab deprive cut-off
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Antonyms

company provide give apply appropriate agree
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Hypernyms

strip deprive divest

Related terms

expropriation expropriator expropriable expropriatory expropriative

Examples

The Communist government expropriated the landowners Source: Internet

A less palatable option might be for the Municipality to expropriate the property at a fair price, rehabilitate it and sell it on the open market or develop it as green space. Source: Internet

As South Africa’s government mulls over whether to expropriate some land from white owners and return it to the country’s black majority, her work has become all the more urgent – and complicated. Source: Internet

He dared not expropriate the properties of foreign landowners, who were mostly Argentines. Source: Internet

It would expropriate substantial wealth that had been accumulated prudently and honestly over the years and would do so in a cavalier and discriminatory manner. Source: Internet

Cuza got his parliament's backing to expropriate these lands. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

expromission expromissor expropriable expropriation expropriative expropriator