expropriation
Example Sentences
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In some cases, debt repayments, tied to the expropriation of their assets two decades ago under Hugo Chávez, have yet to be resolved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Refineries and other assets of foreign companies were seized; the government paid Exxon, Mobil, Gulf and Shell $1 billion each for the expropriation, well below the value of their holdings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
It proposes to address hierarchical orders, social rank, slavery, colonialism, expropriation and the interweaving of mind and body, matter and spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
“The Americans forced one of the most entrepreneurial countries on Earth into an expropriation lite,” says Dimitar Lilkov, a senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
Let us go to Warsaw," repeated Dolhanski, "and, not losing any time, enroll in the ranks of the believers in expropriation.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
