EXPROPRIATION

expropriation

(noun) taking out of an owner’s hands (especially taking property by public authority)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

expropriation (countable and uncountable, plural expropriations)

The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*pro`pri*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. expropriation.]

Definition: The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights. W. Montagu. The expropriation of bad landlords. M. Arnold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

11 June 2025

LIGHT

(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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