expropriation
3
9.1
- noun
- /ˌɛksprəʊpriˈeɪʃən/
- Formal
:
expropiación
- Capitalists expressed concern over property rights and wanted ironclad commitments against expropriation and competition from state enterprises.
- land expropriation
- expropriation of property
- compensation for expropriation
And the way he breaks their back is by going through another expropriation program, which is not done in the rest of the Soviet Union.
- And the way he breaks their back is by going through another expropriation program, which is not done in the rest of the Soviet Union.
Examples
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Earlier approaches to land reform relied heavily on the power of the state through expropriation to take land.
Academic text (1998) -
Legislators and special interest groups can engage in joint expropriation and then divide the spoils for themselves.
Academic text (1997) -
A second function is to protect private property from expropriation by any person or institution.
Academic text (1991) -
There really has not been a problem with expropriation in the classical sense.
Academic text (1997) -
Although legal, expropriation was always difficult in Florence, where property owners could cause significant delays.
Academic text (2015) -
So, rightly, the government started expropriation proceedings and proceeded to pay off the the families involved.
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Of greater importance to the transformation of the state/bourgeoisie power relationship was the expropriation of lands from the rural elite.
Academic text (1995) -
The Framers also addressed the potential of expropriation from targeted minorities.
Academic text (1997) -
In Ireland, you have a very unequal society where the feeling of injustice about the inequality is exacerbated by the idea it's been founded on conquest and expropriation.
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The government announced an expropriation of land to build a new hospital for the community.
Synonyms
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6.9
Taking something for yourself, often without permission
3
8.2
A legal loss of land, property or other things someone owns
Taking something away from the person who owns or uses it
Antonyms
How Extensive
- Specialized
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7.0
- Formal
3
9.1
15
5.4
- Formal
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6.1
28
6.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
expropriation = expropriate (transparent) = expropriate + ion
A regular nominalization: '-ion' forms the noun meaning 'the act or process of expropriating', so the relation to the verb is clear.
Etymology
Expropriation comes from the Latin parts ex- meaning 'out of' and proprius meaning 'own', so think of it as taking something 'out of' someone's ownership. That's why expropriation means when a government takes private property from its owner for public use.