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expropriation

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English

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Etymology

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From expropriate +‎ -ion.

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expropriation (countable and uncountable, plural expropriations)

  1. The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.
    • c. 1648, Walter Montagu, Devout Essaies.
      The soul of man then is capable of a state of much peace and equanimity, in the exterior bands and agitations; but this capacity is rather an effect of the expropriation of our reason, then a vertue resulting from her single capacity.

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French

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Etymology

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From exproprier +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛk.spʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

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expropriation f (plural expropriations)

  1. expropriation, confiscation, seizure
  2. (law) eminent domain, compulsory purchase

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