expropriate

Example Sentences

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The other would prevent former property owners, including Holocaust survivors and their descendants, from regaining property expropriated by the country’s communist regime.

From Seattle Times

Small landlords across the country are being expropriated.

From Washington Post

An international tribunal has ruled that the Russian government owes onetime energy giant Yukos Oil $5 billion in compensation for illegally expropriating its assets and denying it justice in Russian courts.

From Washington Times

As with Mr. Cage’s Robin and his expropriated pig, it is a blow to the handler when a dog is taken.

From New York Times

For example, in the United Kingdom, expropriated owner-occupied homes automatically qualify for an extra 10% compensation above market value.

From Washington Times