Usually means: Government acquisition of private property.
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  1. compulsory purchase: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. compulsory purchase: Collins English Dictionary
  3. compulsory purchase: Wiktionary
  4. Compulsory purchase: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. compulsory purchase: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. compulsory purchase: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. compulsory purchase: Legal dictionary
  2. Compulsory purchase: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compulsory purchase: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (compulsory purchase)

noun:  (law, UK, Ireland) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.

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