expropriate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: expropriate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for expropriate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expropriate v deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expropriate \Expro"priate\, 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.