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TAKEN OVER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does taken over mean?

• TAKEN OVER (adjective)
The adjective TAKEN OVER has 1 sense:

1. taken without permission or consent especially by public authority

Familiarity information: TAKEN OVER used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TAKEN OVER (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Taken without permission or consent especially by public authority

Synonyms:

appropriated; confiscated; seized; taken over; confiscate; condemned

Context examples:

the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf / the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain

Similar:

taken (having possession gained especially by force or effort)

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