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