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verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
1.
to take possession of, especially 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; < Medieval Latin expropriātus separated from one's own (past participle of expropriāre), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + propri(āre) to appropriate (derivative of proprius proper) + -ātus -ate1
1605–15; < Medieval Latin expropriātus separated from one's own (past participle of expropriāre), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + propri(āre) to appropriate (derivative of proprius proper) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ex·pro·pri·a·tion, noun
ex·pro·pri·a·tion·ist, adjective, noun
ex·pro·pri·a·tor, noun
de-ex·pro·pri·a·tion, noun
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Example Sentences
- Private construction of housing here has virtually ground to a halt because of fears of government expropriation.
- One would thus expect more expropriation rather than less.
- Wong was known for his outrageous sendups of luxury goods and witty expropriation of work by other designers.
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World English Dictionary
| expropriate (ɛksˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| See also eminent domain to deprive (an owner) of (property), esp by taking it for public use | |
| [C17: from Medieval Latin expropriāre to deprive of possessions, from proprius own] | |
| ex'propriable | |
| —adj | |
| expropri'ation | |
| —n | |
| ex'propriator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
expropriation
c.1443, "renunciation of worldly goods," from M.L. expropriationem, from expropriare "deprive of property," from ex- "away from" + propriare "to appropriate." Sense of "deprive someone of property" (1848) "appears to have arisen among Ger. socialists" [Weekley].
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
expropriation definition
The taking over of private property by a government, often without fair compensation but usually with a legal assertion that the government has a right to do so.
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