noun
- a person or entity that takes property from an owner, especially by legal authority or government action
Usage: formal; often used in legal or political contexts
Examples
- The government acted as an expropriator when it seized the land for the highway project.
- Critics accused the regime of being an expropriator of private wealth.
- The expropriator was required by law to compensate the original landowners.
- During the revolution, many expropriators redistributed confiscated estates to peasants.
- The court ruled that the expropriator had exceeded its legal authority.