habían exprimido
-they/you had squeezed
Past perfect ellos/ellas/ustedes conjugation of exprimir.

exprimir

Al hacerlo, habían exprimido la vida de su país y ahora estaban en el proceso de entregarlo a intereses extranjeros.
In doing so, they had squeezed the life out of their country and were now in the process of handing it away to foreign interests.
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