(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.

simple past tense and past participle of expropriate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expropriate

The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.

present participle of expropriate

plural of expropriation

Tending to expropriate.

Agent noun of expropriate; one who expropriates.

plural of expropriator

Capable of being expropriated, or seized for public use.