different between appropriation vs expropriation

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?o?p?i?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

appropriation (countable and uncountable, plural appropriations)

1. An act or instance of appropriating.
2. That which is appropriated.
3. Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
4. (art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
5. (sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
6. In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.
7. In constitutional law, the principle that supplies granted by parliament are only to be expended for particular objects specified by itself.

Translations

References

• appropriation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• appropriation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• appropriation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin appropri?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

appropriation f (plural appropriations)

1. appropriation

Related terms

• approprier

Further reading

• “appropriation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

expropriate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks?p?o?p?i?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

expropriation (countable and uncountable, plural expropriations)

1. The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.
   • c. 1648, Walter Montagu, Devout Essaies.

     The soul of man then is capable of a state of much peace and equanimity, in the exterior bands and agitations; but this capacity is rather an effect of the expropriation of our reason, then a vertue resulting from her single capacity.

Translations

See also

• eminent domain

French

Pronunciation

Noun

expropriation f (plural expropriations)

1. expropriation, confiscation, seizure
2. (law) eminent domain, compulsory purchase

Further reading

• “expropriation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).