There were protests against the expropriation.
Source: tatoeba (8983372)
Expropriation
//ɛksˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "expropriation" (18 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- բռնագրավում noun (act of expropriating)
- ունեզրկում noun (act of expropriating)
- սեփականազրկում noun (act of expropriating)
Belarusian
1 entries- экспрапрыяцыя noun (act of expropriating)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отчуждаване noun (act of expropriating)
Catalan
1 entries- expropiació noun (act of expropriating)
Czech
3 entries- konfiskace noun (act of expropriating)
- vyvlastnění noun (act of expropriating)
- zabavení noun (act of expropriating)
Dutch
1 entries- onteigening noun (act of expropriating)
Esperanto
1 entries- eksproprietigo noun (act of expropriating)
Faroese
1 entries- ognartøka noun (act of expropriating)
Finnish
2 entries- pakko-otto noun (act of expropriating)
- pakkoluovutus noun (act of expropriating)
French
1 entries- expropriation noun (act of expropriating)
Galician
1 entries- expropiación noun (act of expropriating)
German
2 entries- Enteignung noun (act of expropriating)
- Expropriation noun (act of expropriating)
Greek
1 entries- απαλλοτρίωση noun (act of expropriating)
Hungarian
2 entries- elbirtoklás noun (act of expropriating)
- kisajátítás noun (act of expropriating)
Italian
1 entries- espropriazione noun (act of expropriating)
Polish
2 entries- ekspropriacja noun (act of expropriating)
- wywłaszczenie noun (act of expropriating)
Portuguese
1 entries- expropriação noun (act of expropriating)
Romanian
1 entries- expropriere noun (act of expropriating)
Russian
1 entries- экспроприа́ция noun (act of expropriating)
Spanish
1 entries- expropiación noun (act of expropriating)
Swedish
1 entries- expropriering noun (act of expropriating)
Turkish
2 entries- müsadere noun (act of expropriating)
- zor alım noun (act of expropriating)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Inflation inflicts a creeping expropriation upon savers.
Source: tatoeba (13297066)
Sometimes only expropriation can prevent a social tragedy.
Source: tatoeba (13297067)
c. 1648, Walter Montagu, Devout Essaies. The soul of man then is capable of a state of much peace and equanimity, in the exterior bands and agitations; but this capacity is rather an effect of the expropriation of our reason, then a vertue resulting from her single capacity.
Source: wiktionary
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