expropriation
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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How to use expropriation in a sentence
Marx found something more in the nature of a driving force in his class hostility based on expropriation and injustice.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThey are making such inconceivable blunders as the expropriation of the Poles and the colonization scheme of Posen.
German Problems and Personalities | Charles SaroleaLike Bismarck, he enforced in Poland the inexorable policy of expropriation and appropriation.
German Problems and Personalities | Charles SaroleaA new system of expropriation has been adopted since 1910 by the City.
Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2) | William Henry AthertonHenceforth, the promptness of expropriation will save him from total ruin.
What is Property? | P. J. Proudhon
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