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To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.

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  1. v. t. To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
  2. v. deprive of possessions
  3. To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle. Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. M. Arnold.
  4. To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of;also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle.Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated byAct of Parliament. M. Arnold.
  5. v:100 v. deprive of possessions