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Webster 1913 Edition


Expropriate

Ex-pro′pri-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
ex
out, from +
proprius
one’s own: cf. F.
exproprier
.]
To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
Boyle.
Expropriate
these [bad landlords] as the monks were
expropriated
by Act of Parliament.
M. Arnold.

Webster 1828 Edition


Expropriate

EXPRO'PRIATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. ex and proprius, own.]
To disengage from appropriation; to hold no longer as one's own; to give up a claim to exclusive property.

Definition 2024


expropriate

expropriate

English

Verb

expropriate (third-person singular simple present expropriates, present participle expropriating, simple past and past participle expropriated)

  1. To deprive a person of their private property for public use.

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