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.
William Butler Yeats