Examples of expropriation in a Sentence

the development of the colony involved expropriation of large tracts of fertile farmland from the natives

Recent Examples on the Web By the 1970s, Africville was destroyed, and families were forced from their homes through bribery, intimidation and, in some cases, expropriation. — Natalie Preddie, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 Presumably, in their view, the Western alliance’s unilateral expropriation of Russia’s sovereign wealth did not count as breach of contract. — Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 26 May 2022 Political-risk insurance pays customers for losses caused by government actions including war, expropriation and forced sales of assets. — Patricia Kowsmann, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022 Political-risk insurance protects policyholders against sundry risks ranging from expropriation of assets to civil unrest. — Elisabeth Braw, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 Its Russian assets are now at risk of expropriation by President Vladimir Putin’s government. — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022 His arguments, of course, served as a pretext for the violent expropriation of American Indian land and the unyielding commodification of it that followed. — Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 8 Feb. 2022 The drivers sat helplessly in their cabs, watching the expropriation. — Alec Macgillis, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2022 In some cases, authorities say the buildings were illegally constructed or face expropriation orders. — Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman And Kareem Khadder, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022 See More

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