What is another word for expropriating?

Pronunciation: [ɛkspɹˈɒpɹɪətɪŋ] (IPA)

Expropriating is a legal term that refers to the act of taking possession of a property or asset by the government or an authorized entity. Some synonyms for expropriating include confiscating, seizing, requisitioning, nationalizing, appropriating, commandeering, and taking over. These terms are often used interchangeably and refer to the same idea of taking something that belongs to someone else. While expropriating may be necessary in certain situations, such as for public use, it is a controversial process and can often lead to conflict between the government and affected parties. Ultimately, expropriating is a complex issue that requires careful consideration and thoughtful decision-making by those in power.

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Usage examples for Expropriating

At any rate, it all ended in an habitual transaction in real estate by which I became the owner of the place, without expropriating the actual possessor, and established there those castles in Spain belonging to me in so many parts of the world.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
Besides expropriating the factories, mines, estates, etc.
"The Red Conspiracy"
Joseph J. Mereto
That day plutocracy will begin plundering democracy, and the unfit will begin plundering the fit, and the many will demand the same rewards as the few, not by winning those rewards and rising to the plane of the few, but by expropriating those rewards and pulling the few down to the level of the many.
"The Canadian Commonwealth"
Agnes C. Laut

Famous quotes with Expropriating

  • I don't have a trace of moral scruple, when it comes to the state I feel completely free. It's committed such terrible crimes against us all, against our generation, that we have a right to anything. I'm not worried about doing it damage, we'll just be recovering some damages for our entire battered generation. Who taught me how to steal, who made me do it, if not the state? Commandeering, that's the word they used during the war, or expropriating — Versailles called it reclamation. Who taught us how to cheat if not the state — how else would we know what money saved up by three generations could become worthless in a mere two weeks, that families could be swindled out of pastures, houses, and fields that had been theirs for a hundred years? Even if I kill someone, who trained me to do it? Six months on the drill field and then years at the front! We have an excellent case against the state, by God, we'll win in every court. It can never pay off its terrible debt, never give back what it took from us. Once there might have been a reason to have some qualms, back when the state was a good custodian, thrifty, decent, proper. Now that it's behaved like a hoodlum, we have the right to be hoodlums too.
    Stefan Zweig
  • Merely pointing to the fact that some people have a lot more than others is less compelling as a critique; it invites the response “So what? Those who have more aren’t hurting anybody; you’re just appealing to envy.” By contrast, being able to show that those who enjoy a higher socioeconomic status have to a considerable extent achieved and maintained that status by forcibly expropriating and oppressing the less affluent provides for a far more effective indictment.
    Roderick Long

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