EXPROPRIATE

expropriate. Expropriate, v.t. to part with, give up a claim, ob.

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Ex‐pro″pri‐ate (?), v. t. [[L. ex out, from + proprius one's own: cf. F. exproprier.]] To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle. Expropriate these as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. M. Arnold.