[verb] [T] - to take away (money or property) especially for public use without payment to the owner, or for personal use illegallyDuring the war, the government expropriated land to grow food for the troops.He was discovered to have been expropriating company funds.
EXPROPRIATE
Meaning of EXPROPRIATE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012