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expropriatory

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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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