Expropriate
verb
To take away property or land from someone, usually for public use, without their permission.
The government expropriated private lands to build the highway.
Often appears as...
- government expropriate land
- expropriate private property
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To take something, such as someone's ideas or credit, without their permission.
She expropriated the credit for the whole project, even though other people did most of the work.
Often appears as...
- expropriate someone's ideas
- expropriate credit
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To take away property or land from someone, usually for public use, without their permission.
The government expropriated private lands to build the highway.
Often appears as...
- government expropriate land
- expropriate private property
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To take something, such as someone's ideas or credit, without their permission.
She expropriated the credit for the whole project, even though other people did most of the work.
Often appears as...
- expropriate someone's ideas
- expropriate credit
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Often used in legal or political situations involving laws and government actions.
The authorities will expropriate lands to expand the airport.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Interest
Usually involves taking land for something meant to benefit the public, like roads or schools.
To build the new park, officials decided to expropriate an unused lot.
Pro Tip 3/3Compensation
The owner is often paid money by the government, although it might not be enough.
Farmers received payment after their fields were expropriated for the dam.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Often used in legal or political situations involving laws and government actions.
The authorities will expropriate lands to expand the airport.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Interest
Usually involves taking land for something meant to benefit the public, like roads or schools.
To build the new park, officials decided to expropriate an unused lot.
Pro Tip 3/3Compensation
The owner is often paid money by the government, although it might not be enough.
Farmers received payment after their fields were expropriated for the dam.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Often used in legal or political situations involving laws and government actions.
The authorities will expropriate lands to expand the airport.
Pro Tip 2/3Public Interest
Usually involves taking land for something meant to benefit the public, like roads or schools.
To build the new park, officials decided to expropriate an unused lot.
Pro Tip 3/3Compensation
The owner is often paid money by the government, although it might not be enough.
Farmers received payment after their fields were expropriated for the dam.
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Video examples
Alejandro Aravena: My...
This was new in Chilean urban design, and there were in the air a couple of alternatives. First Forbid installation on ground zero. Thirty million dollars spent mainly in land expropriation.
Video examples
Alejandro Aravena: My...
This was new in Chilean urban design, and there were in the air a couple of alternatives. First Forbid installation on ground zero. Thirty million dollars spent mainly in land expropriation.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
We are determined that expropriation without compensation should be implemented in a way that increases agricultural production, improves food security, and ensure that land is returned to those from who it was taken under colonialism and apartheid.
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Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
Governments can and do expropriate investors or discriminate against them. Domestic judicial and administrative systems provide investors with one option for protecting themselves.
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Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
The expropriation of land without compensation is envisaged as one of the measures that we will use to accelerate redistribution of land to black South Africans.
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Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution.
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Juan Manuel Santos
Colombian Politician
There is land in Colombia, fortunately, for everybody. We don't have to expropriate land from people who are cultivating that land legally.
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Enrique Pena Nieto
Mexican Statesman
The route of expropriation, and especially in energy matters, is not what most promotes investment or generates greater confidence.
Quote examples
Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
We are determined that expropriation without compensation should be implemented in a way that increases agricultural production, improves food security, and ensure that land is returned to those from who it was taken under colonialism and apartheid.
Quote examples
Jose Angel Gurria
Mexican Economist
Governments can and do expropriate investors or discriminate against them. Domestic judicial and administrative systems provide investors with one option for protecting themselves.
Quote examples
Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
The expropriation of land without compensation is envisaged as one of the measures that we will use to accelerate redistribution of land to black South Africans.
Quote examples
Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution.
Quote examples
Juan Manuel Santos
Colombian Politician
There is land in Colombia, fortunately, for everybody. We don't have to expropriate land from people who are cultivating that land legally.
Quote examples
Enrique Pena Nieto
Mexican Statesman
The route of expropriation, and especially in energy matters, is not what most promotes investment or generates greater confidence.
Example 1 of 6
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