expropriation

• Nom désignant le fait pour une autorité publique de retirer un bien à son propriétaire, en particulier pour un usage d'intérêt général, souvent contre indemnisation.

A noun referring to the act of taking property out of an owner's hands, especially by a public authority for public use.

1. Seizure of propertyC1formal

   The act of taking private property for public use, often with compensation, by a government or authority.

   Expropriation (saisie de biens)

   • The government's expropriation of the land was for a new highway.
   • Farmers protested against the expropriation of their fields.
   • The legal process of expropriation requires fair compensation.

   Synonymesappropriationcondemnationconfiscationdispossessionnationalizationrequisitionseizuretaking