expropriate

Example Sentences

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The difficulties arise because the acquirer can’t simply expropriate an investor-owned utility’s assets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

If an agreement isn't reached the Portuguese government could expropriate the land.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

Lopez Obrador has clashed with Grupo Mexico this year, and in May moved to expropriate some tracks the company controls in southern Mexico for a flagship infrastructure project.

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2023

The Justice Department is also seeking to expropriate the illegally-imported artwork.

From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2023

But, like the law of the Medes and Persians, a Sultan's decree altereth not, and by presenting the hatti sheriff of 277 Sultan Mehemed the efforts to expropriate the building were frustrated.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander