expropriation

Example Sentences

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A change in control of Citgo would mark the final chapter in a lengthy effort by Venezuela’s foreign creditors to seize the refiner as compensation for asset expropriations and debt defaults.

From The Wall Street Journal

That ruling — which cited the doctrine — became a “legal claim” for the expropriation of Indigenous lands.

From New York Times

At the same time, experts worry that such a move could put American and European assets held in other countries at higher risk of expropriation in the future if there is an international dispute.

From New York Times

The natural environment with which Native Americans had established a harmonious and symbiotic relationship, was similarly despoiled by the twin logic of expropriation and colonization that spread under the logic of manifest destiny.

From Scientific American

Spain’s national court is reopening the case, which had been suspended for eight years, after concluding that Chile’s judiciary had not investigated fully the wealth expropriation accusations that had been made against General Pinochet.

From New York Times