expropriated
Claimed by government
Expropriated means seized or taken away, especially property taken by a government or authority from its owner.
The term typically implies forced transfer, often with compensation but without the owner's consent: The state expropriated farmland for the new highway.
It can also describe taking someone's possessions or ideas without permission: The regime expropriated assets from political opponents.
Seized by authority
- commandeeredSeized for official use
- requisitionedFormally demanded for use
- impoundedSeized by legal authority
- usurpedSeized authority illegally
annexed · sequestered · taken · grabbed · wrested · captured · snatched · plundered
Forced government land acquisition
- compulsory purchaseMandated property transfer to state
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
- rezonedChanged land-use classification
- annexedIncorporated into one's domain
encroached · occupied · resumed · reallocated · acquired · takings · condemnation · public use
Distributed to different recipients
- redistributedAllocated again differently
- reapportionedDistributed anew among parties
- collectivizedMade into shared ownership
- socializedInteracted with others
transferred · divvied · parceled out · shared · equalized · reassigned · apportioned · rationed
Belonging to government
- collectivizedMade into shared ownership
- socializedInteracted with others
- centralizedConcentrated in one location
- municipalizedBrought under city ownership
public sector · state-controlled · privatization · denationalized · public ownership
confiscated
Seized by authority
- commandeeredSeized for official use
- requisitionedFormally demanded for use
- impoundedSeized by legal authority
usurped · annexed · sequestered · taken · grabbed · wrested · captured · snatched · plundered · dispossessed
eminent domain
Forced government land acquisition
- compulsory purchaseMandated property transfer to state
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
- rezonedChanged land-use classification
annexed · encroached · occupied · resumed · reallocated · acquired · takings · condemnation · public use · right-of-way
reallocated
Distributed to different recipients
- redistributedAllocated again differently
- reapportionedDistributed anew among parties
- collectivizedMade into shared ownership
socialized · transferred · divvied · parceled out · shared · equalized · reassigned · apportioned · rationed · land reform
state-owned
Belonging to government
- collectivizedMade into shared ownership
- socializedInteracted with others
- centralizedConcentrated in one location
municipalized · public sector · state-controlled · privatization · denationalized · public ownership
evicted
Removed from property legally
expelled · banished · dislodged · ejected · disinherited · deprived · bereaved · landless · homeless · refugees
expropriatedpurchased
Acquired through payment
bought · paid for · negotiated · bartered · traded
expropriatedprivatized
Transferred to non-government ownership
restituted · returned · restored · denationalized · reprivatized
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