expropriation
The act of expropriatingThe act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.
» There were protests against the expropriation.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.
Enteignung, Expropriation
экспроприа́цияekspropriácija
- taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)
Examples
4 sentencesThere were protests against the expropriation.
Inflation inflicts a creeping expropriation upon savers.
deDie Inflation bewirkt eine schleichende Enteignung der Sparer. — Yorwba
Sometimes only expropriation can prevent a social tragedy.
deZuweilen kann nur Enteignung einer sozialen Tragödie vorbeugen. — al_ex_an_der
The expropriations by the university angered the local residents.
Translations
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Forms
plural: expropriations| Singular | expropriation |
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Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable