What term means withholding property from the owner permanently or for so extended a period that a major portion of the value or enjoyment of the property is lost to the owner?

• A. Expropriate
• B. Deprive
• C. Withhold
• D. Acquire

Answer: (B)

Deprive describes withholding property from the owner in a way that, for a long period or permanently, causes the owner to lose a major portion of the value or enjoyment of the property. This captures the idea of taking away or keeping possession so the owner cannot use or benefit from it for a substantial time. The other terms don’t fit: expropriate involves a government taking for public use with compensation, which is a different scenario; withhold is too generic and doesn’t necessarily imply the long-term loss of value or use; acquire means to gain property, the opposite of taking it away.