Definition of "expropriating" [expropriating]

• Present participle of expropriate. (verb)

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• "Youngsville Mayor Wilson Viator said no one is taking the idea of expropriating land lightly, and he hopes the city will never have to use the provision even if lawmakers approve it."
• "Like Viator, Stanley insists no one is taking the idea of expropriating land lightly."
• "Even after the jubilation on the way to Cuba's capital, Che maintains his revolutionary discipline reprimanding fellow guerrillas under his command for 'expropriating' a former Batista general's flash automobile, insisting they take it back and travel in a guerrilla jeep, insisting that the revolution does not steal."