expropriation
I
(divestiture) noun
attachment, confiscation, deprivation, dislodgment, dispossession, disseisin, distraint, distress, divestment, ejection, eviction, expulsion, forcible seizure, foreclosure, removal, sequestration
II
(right of eminent domain) noun
compulsory purchase, condemnation, condemnation for public use, government appropriation of private land, seizure of private property for public use, seizure of property by the government, seizure of property in the public interest, taking for public use, taking of private land by the government
III
index
appropriation (taking), assumption (seizure), attachment (seizure), condemnation (seizure), disseisin, distraint, distress (seizure), foreclosure, forfeiture (act of forfeiting), garnishment, taking
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006