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Adjective expropriated has 1 sense

expropriated - taken out of the possession of another and transferred to your own use often without permission; "the expropriated land was developed into a public playground"
Antonym: given (indirect, via taken)

Verb expropriate has 1 sense

expropriate - deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners"
--₁ is one way to deprive, strip, divest

Derived form: noun expropriation₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody