Definition for Expropriate:

• To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.

Synonyms for Expropriate:

• v.

  •arrogate (verb)
  • expropriate,
  • demand,
  • presume,
  • usurp.
  •assume (verb)
  • hijack,
  • liberate,
  • swipe,
  • borrow,
  • snatch.
  •commandeer (verb)
  • conscript,
  • draft,
  • enslave,
  • activate,
  • sequestrate.
  •deprive (verb)
  • disinherit,
  • disrobe,
  • hold back,
  • despoil,
  • dismantle,
  • stiff,
  • bare,
  • oust,
  • wrest,
  • bankrupt,
  • skim,
  • bereave,
  • denude,
  • dock.
  •dispossess (verb)
  • evict,
  • eject,
  • expel,
  • put out.
  •expropriate (verb)
  • appropriate,
  • annex,
  • sequester,
  • take.
  •foreclose (verb)
  • fore-close,
  • fore-closes,
  • fore-closed,
  • fore close,
  • fore closes,
  • fore closing,
  • fore-closing,
  • fore closed.
  •preempt (verb)
  • anticipate,
  • acquire,
  • bump,
  • obtain.
  •take (verb)
  • filch,
  • salvage,
  • lift*,
  • abstract,
  • nab,
  • snare,
  • take in,
  • purloin,
  • pinch*,
  • pull in,
  • pluck,
  • pocket,
  • pick up,
  • snitch,
  • haul in,
  • rip off,
  • abduct,
  • run off with,
  • misappropriate,
  • nail,
  • nip,
  • carry off,
  • snatch*,
  • snag.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • repossess,
  • requisition,
  • impound,
  • encroach,
  • go off with,
  • rob.
  •
  • grab.
  •arrogate
  • usurped,
  • accroaching,
  • Accroach.
  •confiscate
  • deprive of property.
  •take
  • hauled in,
  • ran off with,
  • ran with,
  • carried off,
  • run with.

Paraphrases for Expropriate:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    confiscate, seize, deprive, forfeit.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    requisition.

Antonyms for Expropriate:

• v.

  • arrogate
    hand over.
  • assume
    leave, not take, let alone.
  • confiscate
    offer.
  • deprive
    endow, indulge, confer, bestow, supply, present.
  • expropriate
    appropriate, give, distribute.
  • Other antonyms:
    give up, forfeit, cede, render, release, relinquish, surrender, deliver, yield, turn over.

Homophones for Expropriate:

• expropriated.

Hyponym for Expropriate:

• v.

  • contact
    deprive, strip, divest.