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EXPROPRIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("expropriation" is a kind of...):
arrogation; confiscation (seizure by the government)
Derivation:
expropriate (deprive of possessions)
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