All expropriated synonyms
verb expropriated
- took — simple past tense of take.
- stole — simple past tense of steal.
- confiscated — Take or seize (someone's property) with authority.
- seized — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- commandeered — Simple past tense and past participle of commandeer.
- appropriated — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- annexed — to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
- arrogated — Simple past tense and past participle of arrogate.
- assumed — false; fictitious
- dispossessed — evicted, as from a dwelling, land, etc.; ousted.
- preempted — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.