expropriate

tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -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).]

expropriation ex·pro'pri·a'tion n.
expropriator ex·pro'pri·a'tor n.
expropriatory ex·pro'pri·a·to'ry (-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

verb

To take quick and forcible possession of: commandeer, confiscate, grab, seize, snatch. Idioms: help oneself to. See give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: seize
Antonyms: appropriate, distribute, give

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: deprive of possessions

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ekspropriere

Nederlands (Dutch)
onteigenen, in beslag nemen

Français (French)
v. tr. - exproprier

Deutsch (German)
v. - enteignen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (νομ.) απαλλοτριώνω

Italiano (Italian)
espropriare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desapropriar, expulsar

Русский (Russian)
экспроприировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - expropiar, desposeer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - expropriera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
剥夺, 征用, 没收

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 剝奪, 徵用, 沒收

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 징발하다, 몰수하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 没収する, から没収する, 収用する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصادر, يجرد من الملكيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החרים, הפקיע‬

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