[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.