expropriation
🇺🇸
/ˌeksˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn/
🇬🇧
/ˌeksˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn/
noun
R
When the government takes private property for public use.
The government's expropriation of the land caused controversy.
R
When someone takes something from another person without permission.
The company faced backlash for its expropriation of indigenous lands.
translation
When the government takes private property for public use.; When someone takes something from another person without permission.
Word Forms
Plural
expropriations