expropriating

present participle of expropriate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for expropriating
Verb
  • Despite the slowdown in Europe’s soft denim sales, Turkish mill Isko is seizing new growth opportunities across Asia.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This one was about seizing one of the sweetest victories of his legendary career … whether the old quarterback wanted to admit it or not.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, Bobby is part of a human trafficking scheme with Tony Curran, bringing in workers from Eastern Europe and confiscating their passports.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • If, for example, the EU speeds up delivery of ammunition and drones from existing stock and extends a financial lifeline to Kyiv by confiscating the $250 billion worth of frozen Russian assets sitting in its banks, the Kremlin may not achieve its strategic goal of Ukraine’s subjugation.
    Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The core of the game is stealing characters from other gamers.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
  • From her start as a Fly Girl on the sketch comedy program In Living Color in the early ’90s to stealing scenes in Selena and The Wedding Planner, then topping charts with her debut album On the 6.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • Can a President break that compact, without consequence, usurping police powers that were never his to begin with?
    Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The collateral damage caused by that saga has affected Newcastle’s early-season performances, depriving them of a senior centre-forward for the opening three games and generally generating toxicity.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Israel has tried to squeeze out the residents by depriving the area of humanitarian aid and destroying much of its remaining infrastructure, but many remain.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More than a month after his death, Ozzy Osbourne’s music has largely slipped away from the Billboard charts following the headline-grabbing news that one of rock’s founding fathers had passed away.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • SpaceX was also famously involved in funding and operating the headline-grabbing Polaris Dawn crewed commercial mission in September 2024.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The risk is that the model overreaches, stripping out human oversight in ways that leave the system brittle.
    Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Miley Cyrus shocked viewers by stripping down to a nude bikini top and briefs and grinding, twerking and thrusting on fellow performer Robin Thicke at the 2013 show in one of the raciest performances in MTV history.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Expropriating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expropriating. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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