expropriate

(eks prō′prē āt′)

to take (land, property, etc.) from its owner; esp., to take for public use or in the public interest, as by right of eminent domain
to transfer (property) from another to oneself
to deprive of ownership; dispossess

Origin: < ML expropriatus, pp. of expropriare, to deprive of one's own < L ex-, out + proprius, one's own

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transitive verb ex·pro·pri·at·ed, ex·pro·pri·at·ing, ex·pro·pri·ates

To deprive of possession: expropriated the property owners who lived in the path of the new highway.
To transfer (another's property) to oneself.

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Origin: Medieval Latin expropriāre, expropriāt-

Origin: : Latin ex-, ex-

Origin: + Latin propriāre, to appropriate (from proprius, one's own; see Proper )

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