3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Expropriate \Ex*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [L. ex out, from + proprius one's own: cf. F. exproprier.] To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: expropriate v : deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 34 Moby Thesaurus words for "expropriate": accroach, annex, arrogate, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, cut off, disendow, disherison, disinherit, disown, dispossess, disseise, distrain, evict, foreclose, garnish, impound, impress, levy, nationalize, preempt, press, replevin, replevy, seize, sequester, sequestrate, socialize, take, take away
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