expropriation
Example Sentences
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The oil industry has expressed interest in the petroleum-rich country, while cautioning that the timeframe for investment depended on having clear rules after expropriations by earlier governments.
From Barron's
“The greatest risks to look out for the equities from here is cost inflation, capital misallocation, or expropriation.”
Chevron, which maintained operations in Venezuela after the expropriations, has seen its stock go up about 4% this week.
From MarketWatch
Venezuela’s oil industry has been crumbling for years, and U.S. oil companies have been hit in the past by that country’s expropriations of assets.
From MarketWatch
Bill Ackman, the vociferous hedge-fund manager based in New York, called the California union’s proposal “an expropriation of private property” in a post on X this week.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
