pakkolunastaa

Finnish

verb
Definitions
  • (legal) to expropriate; condemn US to seize a citizen's private property for public use with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent

Etymology

Compound from Finnish pakko (forced, stump, compulsion, block of rotten wood, coercion) + Finnish lunastaa (reclaim).

Origin

Finnish

lunastaa

Gloss

reclaim

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