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Expropriation
ɪkˌsprəʊpriˈeɪʃn
Expropriation definitions
noun
expropriation
expropriations
- the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit
"the decree provided for the expropriation of church land and buildings"
- the action of dispossessing someone of property
"a popular movement aiming at the expropriation of the landowners and the overthrow of the autocracy"