as in takeover
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority
the development of the colony involved expropriation of large tracts of fertile farmland from the natives
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Recent Examples of expropriation
Trump has falsely accused the South African government of rights violations against white Afrikaner farmers by seizing their land through a new expropriation law.
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Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Trump has falsely accused the South African government of a rights violation against white Afrikaner farmers by seizing their land through a new expropriation law.
—Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
His father owns a small island property on which the local administration issued an expropriation order in 2023 due to the approval of a luxury hotel complex project.
—Borja Suarez, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Trump's program came after the South African government signed into law a new land expropriation bill in January—the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 replaced the apartheid-era Expropriation Act 63 of 1975.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Gerald Imray, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Trump has falsely accused the South African government of a rights violation against white Afrikaner farmers by seizing their land through a new expropriation law.
—Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
His father owns a small island property on which the local administration issued an expropriation order in 2023 due to the approval of a luxury hotel complex project.
—Borja Suarez, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Trump's program came after the South African government signed into law a new land expropriation bill in January—the Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 replaced the apartheid-era Expropriation Act 63 of 1975.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expropriation
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This is unlike Audi, which concluded its takeover of the Sauber F1 team, and the results are already showing in Sauber's performance.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Trump deployed the National Guard and, under a provision of the Home Rule Act of 1973, issued a federal takeover of the MPD, placing it under Bondi’s control.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Baykeeper has been trying to get the Corps to stop the practice for years, and is now asking Congress to intervene by banning it in the upcoming appropriations bill, or through the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) next year.—
Debbie Elliott,
NPR,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Senate on Friday broke a multiday impasse by passing the first three fiscal 2026 spending bills, the first time the upper chamber has passed appropriations bills before the August recess since 2018.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Wednesday has been reduced to a psychic gumshoe prone to seizures and crying blood (or unnamed black fluid) from the overuse of her powers.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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Of those incidents, 25 resulted in the seizure of a weapon and 228 in the seizure of drugs or alcohol.—
Elyse Apel,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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In addition to not being very neighborly, annexation to make way for a Buc-ee’s is bound to change the entire region.—
John W. Suthers,
Denver Post,
30 July 2025
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Last week, the Israeli government also passed a non-binding motion for the annexation of the West Bank before the Knesset began a three-month recess.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
29 July 2025
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“Expropriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expropriation. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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