2) expropriation. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...expropriation The taking over of private property by a government, often without fair compensation but usually with a legal assertion that the government has a right...

3) 1969, Feb. 6-13. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1969, Feb. 6-13 Seizure and expropriation of the properties of the IPC, after repudiation of the earlier compromise agreement. The Velasco government claimed that...

4) 1971, July 16. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1971, July 16 Congress unanimously approved the expropriation of the foreign-owned copper mines. Although allowing for compensation, Allende later claimed that excess...

5) expropriate. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: exˇproˇpriˇatˇed, exˇproˇpriˇatˇing, exˇproˇpriˇates1. To deprive of possession: expropriated the property owners who lived in the path of the new...

6) 1906. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...1906 The school boycott spread to Posen. 1 1908 The Prussian Landtag enforced a new expropriation act, allowing the government to compulsorily purchase Polish estates...

7) 782. Relinquishment. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
... NOUN: RELINQUISHMENT, abandonment (of a course) [See Relinquishment]; renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; resignation [See...

8) confiscation. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...The act of taking quick and forcible possession of: expropriation, seizure. See GIVE....

9) seizure. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...: spell3. See HEALTH. 4. The act of taking quick and forcible possession of: confiscation, expropriation. See GIVE. 5. The act of taking something for oneself: appropriation,...

10) 3. The Middle East and Egypt, 1943-2000. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...land and unused state and community land to peasants. In addition, the new laws called for the expropriation of all private holdings over 500 donums (123.5 hectares),...