expropriate property
1expropriate — ex‧pro‧pri‧ate [ɪkˈsprəʊprieɪt ǁ ˈsproʊ ] verb [transitive] LAW if a government expropriates someone s property, it legally takes that person s property from them for public use: • There is a risk that an investment abroad may be expropriated by… …
2expropriate — ex·pro·pri·ate /ek sprō prē ˌāt/ vt 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 ˌsprō prē ā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… …
3expropriate — ► VERB ▪ (of the state) take (property) from its owner for public use or benefit. DERIVATIVES expropriation noun expropriator noun. ORIGIN Latin expropriare, from proprium property …
4expropriate — [eks prō′prē āt΄] vt. expropriated, expropriating [< ML expropriatus, pp. of expropriare, to deprive of one s own < L ex , out + proprius, one s own] 1. to take (land, property, etc.) from its owner; esp., to take for public use or in the… …
5expropriate — [v] seize accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, deprive of property, dispossess, impound, preempt, requisition, sequester, take, take over; concepts 90,142 Ant. appropriate, distribute, give …
6property law — Introduction principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …
7property — propertyless, n. /prop euhr tee/, n., pl. properties. 1. that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire. 2. goods, land, etc., considered as possessions: The corporation is… …
8expropriate — [[t]ekspro͟ʊprieɪt[/t]] expropriates, expropriating, expropriated VERB If a government or other authority expropriates someone s property, they take it away from them for public use. [LEGAL] [V n] The Bolsheviks expropriated the property of the… …
9expropriate — verb To deprive a person of their property. To confiscate. Usually in reference to taking property for public use …
10expropriate — [ɪks prəʊprɪeɪt, ɛks ] verb (of the state) take (property) from its owner for public use or benefit. Derivatives expropriation noun expropriator noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as expropriation): from med. L. expropriat , expropriare take from the… …