Topic: CRIME
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Medieval Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of expropriare, from Latin proprius 'your own' |
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ex‧pro‧pri‧ate
[transitive] formal
[transitive] formal1SCL if a government or someone in authority expropriates your private property, they take it away for public use
2SCC to take something from someone illegally in order to use it
—expropriation noun [uncountable and countable]
noun [uncountable and countable]