- expropriate something (from someone or something) (forsomeone or something)
- expropriate something (from someone or something) (forsomeone 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.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.