Associations to the word «Expropriate»
Wiktionary
EXPROPRIATE, verb. To deprive a person of their private property for public use.
Dictionary definition
EXPROPRIATE, verb. Deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.