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- EXPROPRIATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
If you guessed that expropriate has something in common with the verb appropriate, you're right Both words ultimately derive from the Latin adjective proprius, meaning "own "
- expropriate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
expropriate something (formal) to take somebody’s property and use it without permission Definition of expropriate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- EXPROPRIATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
To deprive (an owner) of (property), esp by taking it for public use → See also eminent domain Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video
- EXPROPRIATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Taking things away from someone or somewhere (Definition of expropriate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
- Expropriate - definition of expropriate by The Free Dictionary
1 to take possession of, esp for public use 2 to dispossess (a person) of ownership 3 to take from another and use as one's own: expropriated ideas ex•pro`pri•a′tion, n ex•pro′pri•a`tor, n Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc All rights reserved
- expropriate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
expropriate (third-person singular simple present expropriates, present participle expropriating, simple past and past participle expropriated) (transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use
- EXPROPRIATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
EXPROPRIATE definition: to take possession of, especially for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner See examples of expropriate used in a sentence
- expropriate, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb expropriate, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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