ex·pro·
pri·ate
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tr.v.:
ex·pro·pri·at·ed, ex·pro·pri·at·ing,
ex·pro·pri·ates
(1) To
deprive of possession:
(2) To transfer (another's property) to
oneself.
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Medieval Latin exproprire, exproprit- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin proprire, to appropriate (from proprius, one's own. See proper).
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ex·propri·
ation n.
ex·propri·
ator n.
ex·propri·a·
tory (--tôr, -tr) adj.
