expropriation

== English == === Etymology === From expropriate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛksˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === expropriation (countable and uncountable, plural expropriations) The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights. c. 1648, Walter Montagu, Devout Essaies. The soul of man then is capable of a state of much peace and equanimity, in the exterior bands and agitations; but this capacity is rather an effect of the expropriation of our reason, then a vertue resulting from her single capacity. ==== Translations ==== === See also === eminent domain == French == === Etymology === From exproprier +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛk.spʁɔ.pʁi.ja.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === expropriation f (plural expropriations) expropriation, confiscation, seizure (law) eminent domain, compulsory purchase ==== See also ==== exhérédation === Further reading === “expropriation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012