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   expropriate

   /ɪkˈsprəʊprɪeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. (of the state or an authority) take (property) from its owner for public use or benefit: "their assets were expropriated by the government"
   • ▪ dispossess (someone) of property: "the measures expropriated the landlords"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from medieval Latin expropriat- ‘taken from the owner’, from the verb expropriare, from ex- ‘out, from’ + proprium ‘property’, neuter singular of proprius ‘own’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. expropriator noun

   Scrabble Points: 22

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   • X

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