expropriated

past tense of expropriate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of expropriated The facilities, some of which were built by Havana Docks, had been expropriated without compensation in 1960. Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expropriated
Verb
  • In Gaza, the same preparations were being made to receive 250 Palestinian prisoners convicted of serious crimes, and 1,700 who were seized by Israel during the war and held without charge, including 22 children.
    Richard Hall, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Israel is to free some 250 Palestinians serving prison sentences, as well as around 1,700 people seized from Gaza the past two years and held without charge.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Westmoreland—who also, to be fair, had a habit of not charging friends for many drinks at all—was evicted from the subway location in 2001.
    Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That was a remarkable turnaround from a player who appeared poised to be the first person evicted out of the house.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In his work recovering brands that hold emotional and nostalgic value for Cubans — many of which were created by businesses confiscated by the Cuban regime after 1959 — Haber has just launched Guayabita del Pinar in Miami.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Nonetheless, the team was stopped and arrested briefly, the camera confiscated.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As Craigslist, Google, and Facebook usurped most of what newspapers counted on for ad revenue, my beloved industry cratered in all but the urban power centers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The news comes as the Cybertruck was recently usurped from its position as America's best-selling electric pickup truck in the first quarter of 2025.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As with the enclosures in England and Scotland, villagers were uprooted and dispossessed to make way for sheep and cattle.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The forward was more alert than substitute Andrew Robertson when Dominik Szoboszlai was dispossessed when attempting an audacious flick.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Southwest then successfully converted a two-point conversion, cutting the deficit to 11 points.
    Raul Avila, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Around that time, Associated Grocers Wholesale purchased several stores and converted some into Price Choppers.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hamas has robbed the Palestinian people, deprived them of their lives and freedom, and cannot dictate their future.
    Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The ruling deprived them of a fair opportunity to investigate the denial, according to their attorney.
    Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some of today’s most ubiquitous beauty trends were started by Latinas, appropriated by white mainstream audiences, and rebranded into something that only sounds new.
    Sofía Viera, Allure, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, time has expired for spending money previously appropriated by Congress, so for all practical purposes, not only is the money gone, so too are the programs that the money was meant to fund.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Expropriated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expropriated. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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