to expropriate
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- verb
- /ɛkˈsproʊpriˌeɪt/
- Formal
- In times of crisis, it is not uncommon for a state to expropriate private properties for the common good.
- expropriated property
- expropriated land
- compensation for expropriated
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Watch on YouTubeBasically, Senator Warren said it is OK to expropriate US investors.
- Basically, Senator Warren said it is OK to expropriate US investors.
- Land could be expropriated for the national good at all levels.
- And so he sends in then people to expropriate the grain and take the grain away from the peasants.
- Why shouldn't they be concerned that Prospera, as it expands, is going to start expropriating their lands?
- Did they come after sanctions were imposed but before the planes were expropriated?
- And they began taking over from the old oligarchs, whose wealth was in some cases expropriated to form new business empires.
- And if it doesn't work, let's send the fleet to the Caribbean, seize the documentation and expropriate the lot.
Examples
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For example, Expreso, one of the major newspapers, was expropriated by the military regime.
Academic text (1993) -
Consider the issue of church properties expropriated between 1857 and 1934.
Academic text (1999) -
Private companies were to invest, expropriate properties, develop industries, and control resources.
Academic text (1992) -
Land could be expropriated for the national good at all levels.
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Most of it, and the best of it, has already been expropriated for the benefit of others.
Academic text (1994) -
And that land was expropriated after the war and given to Jewish owners.
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So, maybe the university's board of trustees does have the right to expropriate the church property.
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And so he sends in then people to expropriate the grain and take the grain away from the peasants.
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First, as land was expropriated, many peasants were crowded onto smaller holdings.
Academic text (1992) -
Not only big businesses but even medium-sized businesses were expropriated under the Communist dictatorship.
Academic text (1993)
Antonyms
How Deprived
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Surface Forms
Morphology
expropriate = appropriate (semi-transparent) = ex + propriate
The form shows a clear prefixation pattern (ex- + root related to 'propriet/appropriate'), but the exact root 'propriate' is not a standalone modern English word and the legal/administrative sense is more specialized than a straightforward 'take' reading.
Etymology
Expropriate comes from Latin parts ex- 'out of' and proprius 'one's own', the same root behind the English words property and proper. So, to expropriate is to take something 'out of' someone's own possession, usually by a government for public use.