Expropriate
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ex·pro·pri·ate
[tr.v.:
ex·pro·pri·at·ed, ex·pro·pri·at·ing,
ex·pro·pri·ates](1) To deprive of possession:
(2) To transfer (another's property) to
oneself.
[Medieval Latin exproprire, exproprit- : Latin ex-, ex- Latin proprire, to appropriate (from proprius, one's own. See proper).]
ex·propri·ation n.
ex·propri·ator n.
ex·propri·a·tory (--tôr, -tr) adj.
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