The expropriated land was developed into a public playground.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object), : The government expropriated the land for a recreation area. ,The revolutionary government expropriated the landowners from their estates. ,He expropriated my ideas for his own article.    From Dictionary.com. 

Hypermarkets his government expropriated from a French-Colombian group earlier this year, that he said were already turning a significantly higher profit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

While problems of fraud etc. are mentioned, nowhere does it say that in many games you would be virtually condemned to death and expropriated aka banned for this activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [You mean, like, you can make money at this?] Reference

(i.e., currently the U.S. does not recognize Cuban claims to the trademark as it was expropriated from the family without compensation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Senator Richard Lugar Calls for New Approach to Cuba] Reference

But each group comes to recognize the social reality of the property relations through which their productive labor is "expropriated" by other powerful forces.    From Wordnik.com.  [The sociology of class] Reference

The verb "expropriated" appears but no corresponding reference to NAFTA Article 1110 accompanies it.    From Wordnik.com.  [International Economic Law and Policy Blog] Reference

ROME (Reuters) - A leading Polish Catholic bishop caused a stir Monday when he was quoted as saying that Jews had "expropriated" the Holocaust as a "propaganda weapon.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

"expropriated" via the tender process when it came up for renewal in two years.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand] Reference

SCHIAVONE: Law Day has been expropriated plenty of times.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 1, 2008] Reference

(Notice, these assets are not "expropriated" by the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indybay newswire] Reference

Existing monopolies shall be cancelled or expropriated on equitable conditions.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference

Capital in the hands of private owners would be expropriated, to be returned to the community.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Conquest of Bread] Reference

B---- cannot forgive me for not having appropriated to our private use the money expropriated in.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference

First, there's an outright ban in investing in any illegally expropriated property in the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Background Briefing On The Eu Meeting] Reference

Will deter trafficking in expropriated property because threat of possible future lawsuits is real.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Helms Burton Waiver Exercise] Reference

Title 3 is the lawsuit title which permits Americans to sue companies using their expropriated property.    From Wordnik.com.  [Background Briefing On The Eu Meeting] Reference

The claimant is requesting compensation for real property that he claims was expropriated by the Government of Iran.    From Wordnik.com.  [Report On Activities Re Iran] Reference

The heirs claimed the properties were illegally expropriated by the Nazis and later by East Germany's ruling communists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berlin's Wertheim Site to Rise Anew] Reference

After the Reformation the ranks of the trade brewers were swelled by numbers of monks from the expropriated monasteries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference

She says that Im Tirtzu "expropriated" the term Zionism while "probably acting in the most anti-Zionist way I can imagine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dandelion Salad] Reference

Liability will be established for any act of trafficking in American expropriated property that takes place after November 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Helms Burton Waiver Exercise] Reference

Mexico was the first developing country to nationalize its oil industry when it expropriated U.S. and British companies in 1938.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Crunch] Reference

In an interview with Reuters, Mugabe said he expects foreign firms to remain in the country even as their property is expropriated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zimbabwe's Road to Ruin] Reference

That is why Netanyahu in seeking to negotiate with expropriated lands is ‘out of court’ and why his ‘plan’ is a non starter.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

It will increase the forces of change on the island, and that will encourage foreign companies from trafficking expropriated property.    From Wordnik.com.  [Briefing On Helms Burton Title Iii Suspension] Reference

And they have to make a determination that the property is not illegally expropriated before they can grant the commercial assistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Background Briefing On The Eu Meeting] Reference

With a VAT, there will be no annual day, no moment, when we have a chance to reflect on the enormity of the amounts being expropriated.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dangers Of Value-Added Tax] Reference

Meanwhile his family has been driven into exile and all of his assets in Venezuela have been frozen and expropriated by the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hilary Kramer: Venezuela: Real Trouble South of the Border] Reference

In both these countries, which border Chad, a military regime controlled by northerners has expropriated the natural resources of the south.    From Wordnik.com.  [Africa's New Deal] Reference

Armenian-Americans could sue both the Turkish and U.S. governments for deriving benefits from the expropriated properties of Armenian peasants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harut Sassounian: Armenian-Americans File Multi-Billion Dollar Lawsuit Against Turkey] Reference

This principal was in effect having to call me in on the carpet because I had expropriated some projectors from another school, and that was his job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with William Culp, February 19, 1999. Interview K-0277. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

As yet no Socialist who is to be taken seriously has ever demanded that the farmers should be expropriated, or that their goods should be confiscated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference

Under a bill enacted by Robert Mugabe's government, land could be expropriated on an administrative order at any time if the ministry determined that it was justified.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Brutal Toll] Reference

Lee is one of a growing community of programmers who have expropriated the technology behind the Wii for their own inventions, using it in ways Nintendo never intended.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tom Sawyer of Innovation] Reference

The social conservatives that have expropriated the Tea Party give it, through their media visibility, the appearance of a racist, religio-capitalist and militaristic movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newt, the Tea Party Is Already the Militant Arm of the GOP] Reference