expropriation

Pronunciation:		`ekspr`owpree'eyshun
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)

	See Also:	arrogation, confiscation

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Expro`pria"tion\, n. [Cf. F. expropriation.] 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.