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.
has expropriated
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present perfectof expropriate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Investors are already spooked because it has expropriated billions of dollars worth of foreign-owned companies.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2016
In a farsighted reform program, Frei's government has expropriated 1,224 private estates and distributed the land to 30,000 families.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has expropriated 20% of the country's irrigated land for the resettlement of 30,000 landless families.
From Time Magazine Archive
The government has expropriated a 60-mile-wide strip of land on each side of the various highways, an area that now totals 888,000 sq. mi., equivalent in size to all of Saudi Arabia.
From Time Magazine Archive
