[verb] [T] - to release (someone) from political or military control, social duties and limits, prison, etc.They said they sent troops in to liberate the people/the country from a dictator.(figurative informal or humorous) To liberate something is also to steal it.She liberated those spoons from a restaurant last week.
LIBERATE
Meaning of LIBERATE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012