expropriation
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Despite neo-Nazis frequently flocking to the address, its last private owner, Gerlinde Pommer, vetoed any transformation of the house and contested its expropriation by the state until the very end.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
As directors of the company Mr. Lai founded, Next Digital, we saw expropriation up close.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
District Judge Loretta Preska, who determined that two YPF shareholders were owed compensation for the 2012 expropriation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Refineries and other assets of foreign companies were seized; the government paid Exxon, Mobil, Gulf and Shell $1 billion each for the expropriation, well below the value of their holdings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Millions of a rural population, freed from personal servitude, were chained anew to the land by the indebtedness incurred in the expropriation of the lords of the soil.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
