There were protests against the expropriation.
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Expropriation
/ɛksˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/
Synonyms for "expropriation" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (11)
Noun(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (17)
Adjective(1 words)
forcible removal
Noun(11 words)
forfeitureindirect expropriationmore government-operatednationalizationplunderingrapineregulatory takingseizingseizuresequestrationstaking
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More general
7 entriesarrogationconfiscationinternational lawlegal actionproperty acquisitionproperty rights lawstate action
More specific
6 entriescompulsory acquisitiondirect expropriationeminent domain actionforeign asset nationalizationnoncompensated takingregulatory taking
Collocations
5 entrieseminent domainexpropriation lawexpropriation processland expropriationpublic expropriation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample 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.
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