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- Dictionaryexpropriate/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"
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EXPROPRIATE definition: 1. to take away money or property especially for public use without payment to the owner, or for…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXPROPRIATE is to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Did you know? to deprive of possession or proprietary rights; to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession…
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 is typically used to describe taking property — rather than smaller possessions — and a government or other official organization is usually the one doing the taking. For example, a state may expropriate property in order to build a new road.
[VERB noun] Synonyms: seize, take, appropriate, confiscate More Synonyms of expropriate. expropriation (eksproʊprieɪʃən ) Word forms: plural expropriations variable noun. ...the expropriation of property. [ + of] Ownership is not clear because of expropriations in the Nazi era.
Definition of expropriate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. [1605–15; < Medieval Latin expropriātus, past participle of expropriāre to deprive of property = Latin ex- ex - 1 + Medieval Latin propriāre to appropriate] ex•pro′pri•a•ble (-ə bəl) adj.
