Defn: To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of;
also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle.
Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by
Act of Parliament. M. Arnold.
EXPROPRIATION
Ex*pro`pri*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. expropriation.]
Defn: The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive
property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights. W.
Montagu.
The expropriation of bad landlords. M. Arnold.
EXPUGN Ex*pugn", v. t. Etym: [L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn.]
Defn: To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.
EXPUGNABLE
Ex*pug"nable, a. Etym: [L. Expugnabilis.]
Defn: Capable of being expugnded.
EXPUGNATION
Ex`pug*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. expugnatio.]
Defn: The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.] Sandys.
EXPUGNER
Ex*pugn"er, n.