单词	expropriate
释义	expropriateex‧pro‧pri‧ate /ɪkˈsprəʊprieɪt $ -ˈsproʊ-/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINexpropriate Origin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin past participle of expropriare, from Latin proprius ‘your own’ Verb Table VERB TABLE expropriate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they expropriate he, she, it expropriates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they expropriated Present perfect I, you, we, they have expropriated he, she, it has expropriated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had expropriated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will expropriate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have expropriated Continuous Form Present I am expropriating he, she, it is expropriating you, we, they are expropriating Past I, he, she, it was expropriating you, we, they were expropriating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been expropriating he, she, it has been expropriating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been expropriating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be expropriating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been expropriating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The police station is in a private home that the Communists expropriated in 1948. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Campbell reported that it would require $ 375, 000 to expropriate the land needed. If it were to expropriate their property it would have to compensate them with scarce foreign exchange. The exclusion of properties expropriated before 1949 from restitution was inevitable. The grateful colonists used the opportunity to expropriate the cattle and other assets of the fugitives. Their ideas could be expropriated as freely and easily as blackberries from a hedge in summer. Then, in the 1970s, the government expropriated thousands of acres of ejido land nationwide to promote tourism and other development. They wanted to expropriate a three-mile strip along the river, 159 acres in size. Where it could, it expropriated resources by simple edict. word sets WORD SETS► Crime abet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective 1if a government or someone in authority expropriates your private property, they take it away for public use2to take something from someone illegally in order to use it—expropriation /ɪkˌsprəʊpriˈeɪʃən $ -ˌsproʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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