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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.
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)
- To deprive a person of their private property for public use.
Translations
to deprive a person of their property
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