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1
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
- dissidents were shot, and their lands expropriated under his regime
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2
to end the occupancy or possession of
- the state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road
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3
to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority
- plans by the city to expropriate entire blocks of houses in order to bulldoze them for expansion of the airport
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The first known use of expropriate was in 1611
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