Expropriate (Verb)
Meaning
Deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The government's decision to expropriate the entire island was met with fierce resistance from the local residents.
- The communist regime began to expropriate the assets of the wealthy elite, redistributing it to the general population.
- In an effort to modernize the city, the authorities expropriated several large tracts of land to build new infrastructure projects.
- The radical policies of the new administration included a plan to expropriate the interests of foreign corporations that dominated the national economy.
- The revolutionaries expropriated the palace and its vast art collection, transforming it into a museum for the people.