expropriate
to confiscate, to take away someone's property
TRANSLATION
enteignen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The South African Government has taken legal steps to EXPROPRIATE land from a white farmer in the first case of its kind since the end of apartheid in 1994."
(BBC News - 13 Mar. 2001)
(BBC News - 13 Mar. 2001)
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Etymology: Medieval Latin expropriatus, past participle of expropriare, from Latin ex- + proprius own
Date: 1611
1 : to deprive of possession or proprietary rights
2 : to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession
(Merriam-Webster)
Etymology: Medieval Latin expropriatus, past participle of expropriare, from Latin ex- + proprius own
Date: 1611
1 : to deprive of possession or proprietary rights
2 : to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession
(Merriam-Webster)
