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   Ex·pro·pri·a·tion

   /ˌeksˌprōprēˈāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit: "the decree provided for the expropriation of church land and buildings"
   • ▪ the action of dispossessing someone of property: "a popular movement aiming at the expropriation of the landowners and the overthrow of the autocracy"

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