| VERB | contact | expropriate | deprive / deprive of possessions |
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| Sounds | ehksprow'priyey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 539 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | deprive / deprive of possessions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The Communist government expropriated the landowners" | |
| Broader | deprive, strip, divest | take away possessions from someone |
| Nouns | expropriation | taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority) |