expropriator

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A form of expropriate — To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.

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Meanings

nounexpropriator (plural expropriators)

plural expropriators

  1. agentAgent noun of expropriate; one who expropriates.

    If the expropriators of today can subsequently purchase protection at a price that allows them to avoid further expropriation, the period of primitive accumulation could lead to an emerging capitalism.

    2007, Susan Rose-Ackerman, International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, page 235

Origin

From expropriate + -or.

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Translations

Romanian expropriator
  • expropriatorone who expropriates
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APA

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“expropriator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expropriator. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expropriator,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expropriator.

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