1
[ verb ] deprive of possessions

Examples

"The Communist government expropriated the landowners"

Related terms

dispossess expropriation

2
[ verb ] take arbitrarily or by force

Synonyms

hijack commandeer pirate highjack

Examples

"The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

Related terms

seize seize carjack skyjack crime highjacker highjacker hijack highjacking

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Rhymes with

misappropriate appropriate procreate appreciate depreciate abbreviate foliate recreate associate repatriate expatriate excoriate associate negotiate renegotiate create ingratiate infuriate dissociate disassociate exfoliate irradiate recreate radiate permeate disassociate expiate obviate deviate nauseate differentiate initiate substantiate glaciate officiate repudiate emaciate mediate retaliate glaciate delineate affiliate alleviate humiliate enunciate remediate

Phonetic and Homophones

EH0 K S P R OW1 P R IY0 EY2 T

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expropriated expropriation

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