expropriate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɛksˈpɹəʊpɹi.eɪt/

Definition of expropriate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
    “States have the right to nationalize or expropriate the assets of a transnational corporation operating in their territory. Investments of foreign investors shall not be nationalized or expropriated except for a purpose in the public interest; […]”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
    “States have the right to nationalize or expropriate the assets of a transnational corporation operating in their territory. Investments of foreign investors shall not be nationalized or expropriated except for a purpose in the public interest; […]”
  2. (transitive)To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.
    “When you have resigned, or rather consigned, your expropriated will to God, and thereby entrusted him to will for you, all his dispensations towards you are, in effect, the acts of your own will.”

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin expropriātus.

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