expropriated
- past participle of expropriate.
- past tense form of expropriate.
Example Sentences
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Most of the wealth accruing to the companies monetizing it has been expropriated by them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
The following day, they made a stop at nearby Las Cristinas, a gold mine that had been expropriated by the government more than a decade earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Potentially more problematic will be calls for compensation payments to U.S. companies and individuals — many in south Florida — whose property was expropriated after the revolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
But Signa filed for insolvency in 2023 and RFR stopped paying rent in May 2024, according to legal documents reviewed by AFP, with the latter owing $21 million when the property was expropriated.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
Tres Marias was one of the last haciendas in the South to be expropriated under the agrarian reform.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
