Third-person singular present tense of expropriate; takes or seizes property, especially by government authority.
From the verb 'expropriate' with the '-s' suffix for third-person singular. Following the same Latin roots as the base verb.
When a government expropriates land, the process often becomes controversial—watching different nations expropriate resources reveals competing philosophies: some see it as necessary for the public good, others as government overreach.
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