expropriate /ɛksˈpɹəʊpɹi.eɪt/ verb2 •To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use. •To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.When you have resigned, or rather consigned, your expropriated will to God, and thereby entrusted him to will for you, all his dispensations towards you are, in effect, the acts of your own will. — 1818 formsexpropriated · expropriating · expropriates