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ex⋅pro⋅pri⋅ate

  [eks-proh-pree-eyt]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to take possession of, esp. for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner: The government expropriated the land for a recreation area.
2. to dispossess (a person) of ownership: The revolutionary government expropriated the landowners from their estates.
3. to take (something) from another's possession for one's own use: He expropriated my ideas for his own article.
Origin:
1605–15; < ML expropriātus separated from one's own (ptp. of expropriāre), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + propri(āre) to appropriate (deriv. of proprius proper ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅pro⋅pri⋅a⋅ble  [eks-proh-pree-uh-buhl] , adjective
ex⋅pro⋅pri⋅a⋅tion, noun
ex⋅pro⋅pri⋅a⋅tion⋅ist, adjective, noun
ex⋅pro⋅pri⋅a⋅tor, noun
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ex·pro·pri·ate   (ěk-sprō'prē-āt')   
tr.v.   ex·pro·pri·at·ed, ex·pro·pri·at·ing, ex·pro·pri·ates

  1. To deprive of possession: expropriated the property owners who lived in the path of the new highway.

  2. To transfer (another's property) to oneself.


[Medieval Latin expropriāre, expropriāt- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin propriāre, to appropriate (from proprius, one's own; see proper).]
ex·pro'pri·a'tion n., ex·pro'pri·a'tor n., ex·pro'pri·a·to'ry (-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Main Entry: ex·pro·pri·ate
Pronunciation: ek-'sprO-prE-"At
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
: to take (property) of an individual in the exercise of state sovereignty (as by eminent domain) —ex·pro·pri·a·tion /ek-"sprO-prE-'A-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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