expropriated


ex·pro·pri·ate

E0292300 (ĕk-sprō′prē-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·a′tion n.ex·pro′pri·a′tor n.ex·pro′pri·a·to′ry (-ə-tôr′ē) adj.