expropriation

CEFRC1

/ɛksˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Taking private property for public use, usually with payment.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.

Examples

  • Inflation inflicts a creeping expropriation upon savers.

  • Sometimes only expropriation can prevent a social tragedy.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1

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In context

  • There were protests against the expropriation.

  • c. 1648, Walter Montagu, Devout Essaies. The soul of man then is capable of a state of much peace and equanimity, in the exterior bands and agitations; but this capacity is rather an effect of the expropriation of our reason, then a vertue resulting from her...

  • c. 1648, Walter Montagu, Devout Essaies. The soul of man then is capable of a state of much peace and equanimity, in the exterior bands and agitations; but this capacity is rather an effect of the expropriation of our reason, then a vertue resulting from her single capacity.

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The government's blank of the land caused public outrage.

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Origin

noun

From expropriate + -ion.