expropriation
n.
confiscation, requisition, deprivation (of property)
Expropriation
Expropriation is the act of removing control from the
owner of an item of
property. The term is used to both refer to acts by a
government or by any group of people. It is commonly referred to as the act of removing property from an owner especially by
public authority - for example, expropriated the property owners who lived in the path of the new highway.It is sometimes used in the context of
redistribution - for example, taking wealth from the rich to feed the poor.
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expropriation
Noun
1. taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)
(hypernym) confiscation, arrogation
(derivation) expropriate
expropriation (f)
n.
dispossession, expropriation
Expropriation
(n.)
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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