🏗️expropriate (ekspropriéit)

verb
/ɛksˈproʊprieɪt/
expropiar (ekspropiar)

Meaning

To take property from its owner, especially by authority or for public use.
Traducción del significado
Tomar propiedad de su dueño, especialmente por autoridad o para uso público
Tomar propiedad de su dueño, especialmente por autoridad o para uso público

Oraciones de ejemplo

The government decided to expropriate the land for a new highway.

El gobierno decidió expropiar la tierra para una nueva carretera.
El gobierno decidió expropiar la tierra para una nueva carretera.

Synonyms

seize, confiscate, appropriate, requisition, take

Antonyms

return, restore, give

Colocaciones

expropriate land, expropriate property, government expropriation

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