How do you pronounce expropriate?

expropriate is pronounced as /ɛksˈproʊprieɪt/.

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expropriate

🏗️expropriate (ékspróprié)

verb

/ɛksˈproʊprieɪt/

exproprier (eksproprier)

expressive expropriation

Signification

To take property from its owner, especially by authority or for public use.

Traduction de la signification

Prendre la propriété de son propriétaire, surtout par autorité ou pour un usage public

Phrases d'exemple

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

Le gouvernement a décidé d'exproprier la terre pour une nouvelle autoroute.

Synonymes

seize, confiscate, appropriate, requisition, take

Antonymes

return, restore, give

Collocations

expropriate land, expropriate property, government expropriation

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