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expropriate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of expropriate

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
Synonyms of expropriate

appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, convert, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurp
Words Related to expropriate

annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequester

assume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrest

despoil, loot, pillage

encroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespass

embezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate
2 to end the occupancy or possession of
  • the state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road
Synonyms of expropriate

dispossess, divest, oust
Words Related to expropriate

deforce, evict

disfurnish, strip

bereave, deprive, disinherit

annex, appropriate, commandeer, impound, seize, take over, usurp
3 to take ownership or control of (something) by right of oneʼs authority
  • plans by the city to expropriate entire blocks of houses in order to bulldoze them for expansion of the airport
Synonyms of expropriate

attach, confiscate, sequester
Words Related to expropriate

garnishee

appropriate, arrogate, preempt, usurp

commandeer, seize, take over
Near Antonyms of expropriate

cede, deliver, forfeit, give up, hand over, release, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield

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