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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Expropriate \Ex*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [L. ex out from + proprius one's own: cf F. exproprier.] To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of also to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. --Boyle. Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. --M. Arnold. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expropriate v : take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: {commandeer}, {hijack}, {highjack}, {pirate}]
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