verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɛksˈpɹəʊpɹi.eɪt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
deprive of possessions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The Communist government expropriated the landowners
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deprive, strip, divest
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin expropriātus.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
отчуждавам
(otčuždavam)
— to deprive a person of their property
Catalan:
expropiar
— to deprive a person of their property
Czech:
vyvlastnit
— to deprive a person of their property
Dutch:
onteigenen
— to deprive a person of their property
Finnish:
pakkolunastaa
— to deprive a person of their property
French:
exproprier
— to deprive a person of their property
Galician:
expropiar
— to deprive a person of their property
German:
enteignen
— to deprive a person of their property
Greek:
απαλλοτριώνω
(apallotrióno)
— to deprive a person of their property
Hungarian:
kisajátít
— to deprive a person of their property
Hungarian:
elbirtokol
— to deprive a person of their property
Italian:
espropriare
— to deprive a person of their property
Luxembourgish:
expropriéieren
— to deprive a person of their property
Norwegian Bokmål:
ekspropriere
— to deprive a person of their property
Norwegian Bokmål:
oreigne
— to deprive a person of their property
Norwegian Nynorsk:
oreigna
— to deprive a person of their property
Norwegian Nynorsk:
taksttaka
— to deprive a person of their property
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ekspropriera
— to deprive a person of their property
Polish:
wywłaszczać
— to deprive a person of their property
Polish:
wywłaszczyć
— to deprive a person of their property
Portuguese:
expropriar
— to deprive a person of their property
Portuguese:
desapropriar
— to deprive a person of their property
Russian:
экспроприи́ровать
(ekspropriírovatʹ)
— to deprive a person of their property
Spanish:
expropiar
— to deprive a person of their property
Swedish:
expropriera
— to deprive a person of their property
