expropriating

verb

Definition of expropriatingnext
present participle of expropriate
1
as in seizing
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right dissidents were shot, and their lands expropriated under his regime

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2
as in evicting
to end the occupancy or possession of the state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road

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3
as in confiscating
to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority plans by the city to expropriate entire blocks of houses in order to bulldoze them for expansion of the airport

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expropriating
  1. seizing
  2. depriving
  3. usurping
  4. grabbing
  5. occupying
Verb
  • Israel has a long history of seizing territory during wars with its neighbors and occupying it indefinitely, citing security concerns.
    Sarah El Deeb, Bassem Mroue, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland implemented new policies prohibiting prosecutors from secretly seizing reporters' records, except under extraordinary circumstances.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of seizing
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  • Ongoing attacks have crippled Gaza's water and sanitation systems, depriving children of safe water and endangering their health.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • According to court documents, he was charged with willfully depriving Taylor and her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, of their constitutional right to be free from unreasonable seizures, which includes the right to be free from a police officer's use of unreasonable force during a seizure.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of depriving
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  • For instance, one of his first actions was to fund the Al-Jazeera Arabic satellite television station, allowing Qatar to set the agenda on TV screens from Casablanca to Cairo, usurping the role once played by state information ministries.
    Allen Fromherz / Made by History, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
  • With prestigious institutions from Georgetown to Carnegie Mellon setting up campuses, Qatar has been able to project an image as the center for higher learning in the Middle East, usurping a position once held by far more populous countries such as Egypt and Lebanon.
    Allen Fromherz / Made by History, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of usurping
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  • Corporate sustainability has emerged in recent years as a complex narrative of contrasting tempos—a story of rapid, headline-grabbing shifts intertwined with deep, fundamental transformations.
    Dr. Alex Gold, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Purdy got walloped with a clothesline hit in the fourth quarter while another Bears defender hit his torso, leaving the 49ers’ quarterback withering in pain on his back and grabbing at his facemask.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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  • Israel has a long history of seizing territory during wars with its neighbors and occupying it indefinitely, citing security concerns.
    Sarah El Deeb, Bassem Mroue, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • No team dreams of occupying the final row of the grid, yet for Alpine, this unwelcome reality was laid bare under the glaring lights of Bahrain.
    Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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