expropriate

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
  2. (transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.

Synonyms

confiscate
C2
dispossess
seize
C1
alienate
32k
deprive
C2
rob
B1
take away
carry off
snatch
C1
strip
B2
restore
C1
return
A2

take over for use

sequester
sequestrate
surrender
B2

steal by force

wrest

sieze

divest
impound
20k
flunk
23k
kidnap
C1
requisition
23k
Translations

exproprier
enteignen
espropriare

απαλλοτριώνω

expropiar

istimlak etmek

kamulaştırma

expropriar
requirieren

s’emparer

kapern
abaliéner
dirottare
réquisitionner

hijacken

Etymology

From Medieval Latin expropriātus.

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