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expropriate

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expropriate
something (from someone or something) (for someone or something) to seize something from someone or something for someone or something. The government expropriated the land from the peasants for an airfield. They expropriated land for a highway. They expropriated land from the farmers.
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At Rabin's suggestion, however, the cabinet decision also included a promise that the government would not expropriate any more land in East Jerusalem for housing.
Rabin-Clinton Deal Makes East Jerusalem Freeze Possible by Palestine News Agency (WAFA) (Gaza, Palestine)
Israel last month disclosed a plan to expropriate large tracts of land between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, some of it areas exposed by the lake's receding water level over the past 30 years.
Palestinians-Israel by The Daily Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)
6/30/2009 12:34:58 AM Israel has approved the construction of 50 new homes in a West Bank settlement and announced plans to expropriate more Palestinian land.
Israel permits new settlement homes by Aljazeera.net
 
 
 
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