expropriate

something (from someone or something) (for someone or something) to seize something from someone or something for someone or something. The government expropriated the land from the peasants for an airfield. They expropriated land for a highway. They expropriated land from the farmers.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cher	SHER	English
Virgilijus	-	Lithuanian
Amanda	ə-MAN-də (English), ah-MAHN-dah (Spanish, Italian, German)	English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Late Roman
Shahrizad	-	Arabic
Lazarus	LAZ-ər-əs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Yiorgos	-	Greek