expropriating
Forcibly claiming property
Expropriating is taking property or assets from someone, typically by a government or authority exercising legal power.
The term often implies seizure without fair compensation: The regime began expropriating foreign-owned oil fields.
It can extend to any forcible taking: Critics accused the company of expropriating indigenous lands.
Forced government land acquisition
- compulsory purchaseMandated property transfer to state
- land acquisitionGaining ownership of terrain
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
colonization · annexation · redistribution · land reform · enclosure · land grab · agrarian reform · rezoning
Seize by authority
- commandeerSeize for official purposes
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
- impoundSeize by authority
- usurpSeize without right
wrest · annex · grab · snatch · take over · preempt · levy · distraint
Remove from property legally
- dispossessDeprive of property
- uprootRemove from the ground
- oustRemove from position
- relocateEstablish residence elsewhere
expel · banish · dislodge · remove · resettle · deport · clear · displace
Interact with others
- collectivizeConvert to shared ownership
- communizeTransfer to public ownership
- centralizeUnify under single control
- public ownershipState-held property or enterprise
state ownership · redistribute · state-run · public sector · command economy · state control · municipalize · nationalize
Authority over a state
- state powerGovernment's capacity to govern
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regimeSystem of governance
mandate · decree · legislation · enforcement · rule · bureaucracy · regulation · sanction
eminent domain
Forced government land acquisition
- compulsory purchaseMandated property transfer to state
- land acquisitionGaining ownership of terrain
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
encroachment · colonization · annexation · redistribution · land reform · enclosure · land grab · agrarian reform · rezoning · reclamation
confiscate
Seize by authority
- commandeerSeize for official purposes
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
- impoundSeize by authority
usurp · wrest · annex · grab · snatch · take over · preempt · levy · distraint · sequester
evict
Remove from property legally
- dispossessDeprive of property
- uprootRemove from the ground
- oustRemove from position
relocate · expel · banish · dislodge · remove · resettle · deport · clear · displace · deracinate
socialize
Interact with others
- collectivizeConvert to shared ownership
- communizeTransfer to public ownership
- centralizeUnify under single control
public ownership · state ownership · redistribute · state-run · public sector · command economy · state control · municipalize · nationalize
government
Authority over a state
- state powerGovernment's capacity to govern
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
regime · mandate · decree · legislation · enforcement · rule · bureaucracy · regulation · sanction · fiat
expropriatingreturning
Going back to origin
restoring · giving back · endowing · compensating · bequeathing
expropriatingprivatizing
Selling government assets
distributing · dispersing · decentralizing · redistributing · denationalizing