expropriating

present participle of expropriate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for expropriating
Verb
  • The incidents highlight the contortions of the Taliban four years after seizing power of Afghanistan.
    NPR, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Polymarket for its part has drawn in younger users with a better platform and by seizing upon the pandemic-era gambling trend especially prevalent in Gen Z men—not to mention with a little help from a newly friendly regulatory environment.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The county has been in the process of evicting the Dolphin Company, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In the final part of the HOH competition, Ashley won and became the last HOH, evicting Morgan from the game and choosing Vince to take to the Final 2.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Witnesses claimed that after France’s embarrassing loss to Haiti, the French government retaliated by confiscating Ferdinand’s belongings and abandoning the child to an orphanage.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Even confiscating half would barely register against a $6 trillion federal budget.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, rival electric vehicle makers, including China’s BYD, are stealing market share with cheaper, high-quality offerings.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In this film based on a true story, Channing Tatum plays Jeffrey Manchester, a notorious spree robber known for stealing from a variety of McDonald’s franchises.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How a state comes to control another land and its people, sometimes slowly dispossessing the natives of their lands, sometimes laying waste to them, sometimes committing genocide.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • He has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with the sheriff and of usurping her authority, leading the county Board of Supervisors to eliminate his position in November 2024.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Besides, usurping Jinkx Monsoon for Miss Piggy would fan the ferocious flames of backstage drama and turmoil (hmmm … Smash season-three idea).
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Vital witnesses were killed in the blast All 16 people inside the facility died in the blast, leaving behind a devastated network of coworkers and loved ones as well as depriving investigators of crucial accounts of the final moments leading up to the explosion.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the United Kingdom, social media exacerbated this narrative, depriving Teasdale and Chambers of the necessary space to privately reckon with their sudden fame.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Before grabbing a host of amendments at the nursery, however, do a soil test through your local extension service to see what your garden actually needs.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Wear them now with blouses and T-shirts when visiting a pumpkin patch or grabbing dinner with friends.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Expropriating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expropriating. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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