- 1expropriate something (formal or law) (of a government or an authority) to officially take away private property from its owner for public use
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- 2expropriate something (formal) to take someone's property and use it without permission
expropriate
verbNAmE//ɛksˈproʊprˌieɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they expropriate he / she / it expropriates
past simple expropriated
-ing form expropriating
NAmE//ɛksˌproʊpriˈeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable]See expropriate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: expropriate