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expropriate It was only when the country's new government threatened to expropriate the American oil refineries that Congress became alarmed. ɛkˈsproʊpriˌeɪt

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(1) To take away the right of possession or ownership. (2) To transfer to oneself. In ancient Rome, an emperor could condemn a wealthy senator, have him killed, and expropriate his property. In 1536 Henry VIII declared himself head of the new Church of England and expropriated the lands and wealth of the Roman Catholic monasteries. And nearly all of North America was expropriated from the American Indians, usually without any payment at all. Today, democratic governments only carry out legal expropriations, in which the owners are properly paid for their land—for example, when a highway or other public project needs to be built.

word	expropriate
definition	(1) To take away the right of possession or ownership. (2) To transfer to oneself.
eg_sentence	It was only when the country's new government threatened to expropriate the American oil refineries that Congress became alarmed.
explanation	In ancient Rome, an emperor could condemn a wealthy senator, have him killed, and expropriate his property. In 1536 Henry VIII declared himself head of the new Church of England and expropriated the lands and wealth of the Roman Catholic monasteries. And nearly all of North America was expropriated from the American Indians, usually without any payment at all. Today, democratic governments only carry out legal expropriations, in which the owners are properly paid for their land—for example, when a highway or other public project needs to be built.
IPA	ɛkˈsproʊpriˌeɪt

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