Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expropriate"
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) 1.7 (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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