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A Word A Day : Expropriate
Thursday, 13th September 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Expropriate
Pronunciation : ek-spro'pre-at
1. To deprive of possession
2. To transfer (another's property) to oneself
3. To take quick and forcible possession of
Medieval Latin expropriare, expropriat- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin propriare, to appropriate - from proprius, one's own
1. Confiscate
2. Seize
3. Grab
4. Commandeer
5. Snatch
6. Strip
7. Divest
1. Appropriate
2. Distribute
3. Give
• He expropriated the property owners who lived in the path of the new highway.
1. Expropriation: Noun
2. Expropriator: Noun
3. Expropriatory: Adjective
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