expropriate
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The difficulties arise because the acquirer can’t simply expropriate an investor-owned utility’s assets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
Over the last three decades, the government has used existing powers to expropriate property–- with less than market-value compensation – in fewer than 20 cases, she said.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025
Lopez Obrador has clashed with Grupo Mexico this year, and in May moved to expropriate some tracks the company controls in southern Mexico for a flagship infrastructure project.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2023
The Justice Department is also seeking to expropriate the illegally-imported artwork.
From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2023
But the Arelois not only expropriate the tombs of their forefathers, they have given away or sold other things as well.
From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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