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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Expropriate

/ĕk-sprōp'-rē-ātˌ/ · Ex·pro·pri·ate · IPA /ɛksˈpɹəʊpɹi.eɪt/
01 v. t. To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
  1. 1.
    To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
    Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament.” M. Arnold.