EXPROPRIATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("expropriation" is a kind of...):

arrogation; confiscation (seizure by the government)

Derivation:

expropriate (deprive of possessions)

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