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Expropriated   Listen
adjective
expropriated  adj.  Taken out of the possession of another and transferred to one's own use often without permission; as, the expropriated land was developed into a public playground.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Expropriated" Quotes from Famous Books



... For many years it has been evident that the only feasible solution was to convert occupiers into owners, and a very long step was made by the Purchase Act of 1903. Progress has now been arrested, for the Act of 1909 does not work. The vendors or expropriated owners, whichever is the more correct term, are expected to take a lower price and to be paid in depreciated paper. The minorities to be most immediately affected by legislation consist of landlords ...
— Against Home Rule (1912) - The Case for the Union • Various



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