expropriate
verb (used with object)
to take possession of, especially for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner.
expropriator
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a word derived from
expropriate.
Example Sentences
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To destroy tribal custom by introducing conceptions of individual property, the free disposal of land, and the free purchase of gin may be the handiest method for the expropriator.
From Liberalism by L. T. (Leonard Trelawny) Hobhouse
But the logical and inevitable conclusion of the thought I have developed to-day is, that we are bound to recognize the indefeasible worth latent even in the cruel exploiter and the merciless expropriator.
From The Essentials of Spirituality by Felix Adler
Its general analogy with our Shroud-theft does not admit of doubt, though the proceedings of the expropriator of wax lights are more easily accounted for than are those of the Shroud-thief.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
