Expropriate

v. t.

1.

To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. - M. Arnold.

Verb

1.

expropriate - deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners"

accroach, annex, arrogate, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, cut off, disendow, disherison, disinherit, disown, dispossess, disseise, distrain, evict, foreclose, garnish, impound, impress, levy, nationalize, preempt, press, replevin, replevy, seize, sequester, sequestrate, socialize, take, take away