expropriate

verb
/ɛksˈpɹəʊpɹi.eɪt/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin expropriātus.

  1. borrowed from expropriātus

Definitions

  1. To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.

  2. To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation

    To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.

    • When you have resigned, or rather consigned, your expropriated will to God, and thereby entrusted him to will for you, all his dispensations towards you are, in effect, the acts of your own will.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA