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)

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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)

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