Translation of "expropriate" into Spanish

It is therefore doubly illegal for the expropriated water to be used and channelled to the illegal settlers.

Por tanto, es doblemente ilegal que el agua expropiada sea utilizada y canalizada hacia los colonos ilegales.

A few hours before, he had signed the decrees that expropriated unproductive lands alongside federal highways and railroads and took over private refineries.

Horas antes, había firmado los decretos confiscando tierras improductivas a orillas de carreteras y ferrovías federales y nacionalizando refinerías particulares.

Despite the devastating impact on the country's economy, property belonging to its white minority is being systematically expropriated.

Se desposee a la minoría blanca de sus propiedades de manera sistemática, a pesar de que ello tiene consecuencias nefastas para la economía del país.