expropriate
Verb

expropriate (expropriates, present participle expropriating; past and past participle expropriated)

  1. (transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
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    • 2014, Guiguo Wang, International Investment Law: A Chinese Perspective, Routledge (ISBN 9781134442423), page 440:
      States have the right to nationalize or expropriate the assets of a transnational corporation operating in their territory. Investments of foreign investors shall not be nationalized or expropriated except for a purpose in the public interest; […]
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