Sentence examples for were expropriated from inspiring English sources

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were expropriated

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To deprive a person of their private property for public use.

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Their lands were expropriated by the government.

Both were expropriated by the Castro regime in 1960.

He also said those whose lands were expropriated would be compensated.

Many of these homes subsequently were expropriated by the Croatian military.

After World War II, large estates were expropriated for distribution to smallholders.

Classified as subhumans, Poles were expropriated, transported to Germany for forced labour, starved, arrested, and killed in their thousands.

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The expropriators are expropriated".

It was expropriated.

Further land was expropriated and collectivization launched.

Excess land would be expropriated and compensation paid for improvements.

Other, unproductive lands will be expropriated with compensation.

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