Definition of Expropriation
A taking, as under eminent domain. This term is also used in the context of a foreign government taking an American industry located in the foreign country. In Louisiana, the word has the same general meaning as eminent domain.
A voluntary surrender of rights or claims; the act of divesting oneself of that which was previously claimed as one’s own or renouncing it. it is the opposite of “appropriation.”
See also Condemnation, Eminent domain.
That's the definition of Expropriation in Black's Law Dictionary 6th Edition. Courtesy of Cekhukum.com.