Definition of "expropriates" [expropriates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expropriate. (verb)

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• "The Modern SF tale is a variation of the traveler's tales of old, a genre that Swift expropriates for his own didactic and satiric purposes."
• "The Dean Scream against rationale debate before the government expropriates 15% of the US economy."
• "The ruling PFDJ party has "imposed an arbitrary and complex set of regulatory requirements" that discourage foreign and domestic investment, and frequently expropriates property, the U.S."