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Expropriation

Noun CEFR C1
ɛksˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən

Definitions

The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Expropriations expropriator exproprioception EXPSPACE expt EXPTIME

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