verb
- taking someone’s property, especially for public use, typically with compensation
Usage: legal; formal
Examples
- The government is expropriating land for the new highway project.
- The city began expropriating private properties in the downtown area.
- They are expropriating farmland to build a public hospital.
- The state is expropriating the old factory for urban development.
- Local authorities are expropriating houses along the proposed railway route.
- The company accused the government of expropriating their mining rights.