expropriation

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɛkˌsprəʊpriˈeɪʃ^ən/

ex•pro•pri•ate /ɛksˈproʊpriˌeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -at•ed, -at•ing.

Lawto take possession of, esp. for public use:The government expropriated the land.

ex•pro•pri•a•tion /ɛksˌproʊpriˈeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -propr-.

ex•pro•pri•ate (eks prō′prē āt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -at•ed, -at•ing.

Lawto take possession of, esp. for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner:The government expropriated the land for a recreation area.
Lawto dispossess (a person) of ownership:The revolutionary government expropriated the landowners from their estates.
Lawto take (something) from another's possession for one's own use:He expropriated my ideas for his own article.

Medieval Latin expropriātus separated from one's own (past participle of expropriāre), equivalent. to ex- ex-¹ + propri(āre) to appropriate (derivative of proprius proper) + -ātus -ate¹
1605–15;

ex•pro′pri•a′tion, n.
ex•pro′pri•a′tion•ist, adj., n.
ex•pro′pri•a′tor, n.

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