'Expropriate' definitions:
Definition of 'expropriate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners"
Definition of 'Expropriate'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'expropriate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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