expropriation
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Bill Ackman, the vociferous hedge-fund manager based in New York, called the California union’s proposal “an expropriation of private property” in a post on X this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Refineries and other assets of foreign companies were seized; the government paid Exxon, Mobil, Gulf and Shell $1 billion each for the expropriation, well below the value of their holdings.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
“The Americans forced one of the most entrepreneurial countries on Earth into an expropriation lite,” says Dimitar Lilkov, a senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025
But the government's expropriation plans have divided opinion in Villa Baviera, where fewer than 100 adults live.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025
We knew nothing of that process of expropriation and the exploitation of labor which is giving the world the Servile State.
From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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