Definition of Expropriate

to take away property without payment to the owner

Examples of Expropriate in a sentence

The pirate’s made their living by being able to expropriate the property of others they happened upon.  🔊

Thieving lawyers helped the money hungry siblings expropriate the only land their parents have left.  🔊

The government was able to expropriate the land to build a roadway and never paid the property owner a dime.  🔊

Various excuses were used to allow the city to expropriate the couple’s farm without their approval.  🔊

In an effort to expropriate the family’s property, the regime sent in soldiers to threaten them.  🔊

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