divest vs expropriate

divest and expropriate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
divest	No	No	Yes	No
expropriate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, expropriate is a hyponym of divest; that is, expropriate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than divest:

Other hyponyms of divest include disarm, unarm, clean, dispossess, clean out, unclothe, unsex, orphan, bereave.

divest (verb)	expropriate (verb)
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes	deprive of possessions
reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
take away possessions from someone
deprive of status or authority