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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olivie	o-lee-VEE (French)	French, Czech
Hussein	-	Arabic
Feofilakt	-	Russian
Ersilia	er-ZEEL-yah	Italian
Horatio	hə-RAY-shee-o, hə-RAY-sho	English
Voitto	VOYT-to	Finnish