Definitions for: Expropriate

[v] deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: deprive, divest, strip