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expropriation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Expropriation \Ex*pro`pri*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. expropriation.] The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights. --W. Montagu. The expropriation of bad landlords. --M. Arnold. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expropriation n : depriving an owner of property by taking it for public use
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