expropriate

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
2. verb To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.

Similar words

commandeer hijack highjack pirate confiscation confiscate deprive usurp requisition seize

Often followed by

the land property and private their all or a

Word family

expropriated expropriates expropriating expropriator expropriators