expropriate
verb
1 expropriate
Deprive of possessions.
Roget 782:
relinquish,
give up,
surrender,
yield,
cede;
let go,
let slip;
spare,
drop,
resign,
forego,
renounce,
abandon,
expropriate†,
give away,
dispose of,
part with;
lay aside,
lay apart,
lay down,
lay on the shelf
etc.
(disuse)
678;
set aside,
put aside,
put away;
make away with,
cast behind;
maroon.
give notice to quit,
give warning;
supersede;
be rid of,
get rid of,
be quit of,
get quit of;
eject
etc.
297.
rid oneself of,
disburden oneself of,
divest oneself of,
dispossess oneself of;
wash one's hands of.
discard,
cast off,
dismiss;
cast away,
throw away,
pitch away,
fling away,
cast aside,
cast overboard,
cast to the dogs,
throw aside,
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs,
pitch aside,
pitch overboard,
pitch to the dogs,
fling aside,
fling overboard,
fling to the dogs;
cast to the winds,
throw to the winds,
sweep to the winds;
put away,
turn away,
sweep away;
jettison;
reject.
quit one's hold,
quitclaim.
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Roget 789:
take,
catch,
hook,
nab,
bag,
sack,
pocket,
put into one's pocket;
receive;
accept.
reap,
crop,
cull,
pluck;
gather
etc.
(get)
775;
draw.
appropriate,
expropriate,
impropriate†;
assume,
possess oneself of;
take possession of;
commandeer;
lay one's hands on,
clap one's hands on;
help oneself to;
make free with,
dip one's hands into,
lay under contribution;
intercept;
scramble for;
deprive of.
take away,
carry away,
bear away,
take off,
carry off,
bear off;
adeem†;
abstract;
hurry off with,
run away with;
abduct;
steal
etc.
791;
ravish;
seize;
pounce upon,
spring upon;
swoop to,
swoop down upon;
take by storm,
take by assault;
snatch,
reave†.
snap up,
nip up,
whip up,
catch up;
kidnap,
crimp,
capture,
lay violent hands on.
get hold of,
lay hold of,
take hold of,
catch hold of,
lay fast hold of,
take firm hold of;
lay by the heels,
take prisoner;
fasten upon,
grip,
grapple,
embrace,
gripe,
clasp,
grab,
clutch,
collar,
throttle,
take by the throat,
claw,
clinch,
clench,
make sure of.
catch at,
jump at,
make a grab at,
snap at,
snatch at;
reach,
make a long arm,
stretch forth one's hand.
take from,
take away from;
disseize†;
deduct
etc.
38;
retrench
etc.
(curtail)
201;
dispossess,
ease one of,
snatch from one's grasp;
tear from,
tear away from,
wrench from,
wrest from,
wring from;
extort;
deprive of,
bereave;
disinherit,
cut off with a shilling.
oust
etc.
(eject)
297;
divest;
levy,
distrain,
confiscate;
sequester,
sequestrate;
accroach†;
usurp;
despoil,
strip,
fleece,
shear,
displume†,
impoverish,
eat out of house and home;
drain,
drain to the dregs;
gut,
dry,
exhaust,
swallow up;
absorb
etc.
(suck in)
296;
draw off;
suck the blood of,
suck like a leech.
retake,
resume;
recover
etc.
775.
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Moby thesaurus: accroach, annex, arrogate, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, cut off, disendow, disherison, disinherit, disown, dispossess, disseise, distrain, evict, foreclose, garnish, impound, impress, levy, nationalize, preempt, press, replevin, replevy, seize, sequester, sequestrate, socialize, take, take away ... show more.
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