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Expropriation

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Word	Definition
confiscationnoun	The act or process of confiscating.
forfeiturenoun	(law) The loss of forfeit property.
usurpationnoun	The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
forfeitingnoun	The act by which something is forfeited or surrendered; a giving up.
appropriationnoun	An act or instance of appropriating.
dispossessionnoun	The act of dispossessing someone of something.
seizurenoun	(medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
encroachmentnoun	An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.
requisitionnoun	A formal request for something.
acquisitionnoun	The act or process of acquiring.
purchasenoun	The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
levynoun	The act of levying.
levyingnoun	The act by which something is levied.
takingnoun	The act by which something is taken.
confiscated	taken without permission or consent especially by public authority
expropriatingverb	(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
requisitioningnoun	A formal request for something.
seized	taken without permission or consent especially by public authority
reappropriationnoun	The act or process of reappropriating.
expulsionnoun	The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.