expropriate

Example Sentences

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The difficulties arise because the acquirer can’t simply expropriate an investor-owned utility’s assets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

If an agreement isn't reached the Portuguese government could expropriate the land.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

Lopez Obrador has clashed with Grupo Mexico this year, and in May moved to expropriate some tracks the company controls in southern Mexico for a flagship infrastructure project.

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2023

The Justice Department is also seeking to expropriate the illegally-imported artwork.

From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2023

The state may expropriate any work after the death of an author on paying to the proprietor a compensation named by three experts.

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers