Meaning of Expropriation | Babel Free

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

العربية استملاك نزع الملكية

Bosanski eksproprijacija експропријација

Čeština konfiskace vyvlastnění zabavení

Deutsch Enteignung Expropriation

Ελληνικά αλλοτρίωση απαλλοτρίωση

Esperanto eksproprietigo

Español expropiación

Suomi pakko-otto pakkoluovutus

Français expropriation

Hrvatski eksproprijacija експропријација

Հայերեն բռնագրավում ունեզրկում սեփականազրկում

Bahasa Indonesia onteigening

Italiano espropriazione

日本語収用

Kurdî musadere

Nederlands onteigening

Polski alienacja ekspropriacja wywłaszczenie

Português expropriação

Română expropriere

Русский экспроприа́ция

Српски eksproprijacija експропријација

Svenska expropriering

Türkçe istimlak müsadere

Українська відчуження

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.”

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