1. past tense of expropriate; to take property or land from an owner, typically by a government, usually with compensation
Usage: formal; often used in legal or political contexts

1. having been taken or seized by a government or authority, especially for public use
Usage: formal

Examples

• The government expropriated the land to build a new highway.
• Farmers were expropriated of their property during the political upheaval.
• The expropriated buildings were converted into public housing.
• The regime expropriated factories and redistributed them to workers.
• Owners of expropriated land received compensation from the state.
• The company's assets were expropriated by the new administration.