EXPROPRIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expropriation mean? 

• EXPROPRIATION (noun)
  The noun EXPROPRIATION has 1 sense:

1. taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)

  Familiarity information: EXPROPRIATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPROPRIATION (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)