ex·pro·pri·ate 
(ĕk-sprōprē-āt′)
(ĕk-sprōprē-āt′)tr.v. ex·pro·pri·at·ed, ex·pro·pri·at·ing, ex·pro·pri·ates
To take (a property) for public use.
[Medieval Latin expropriāre, expropriāt- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin propriāre, to appropriate (from proprius, one's own; see PROPER).]
ex·pro′pri·ation n.
ex·propri·a′tor n.
ex·propri·a·to′ry (-ə-tôr′ē) adj.