英语词汇“expropriate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

expropriateexpropriate /ɛksˈproʊpriˌeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYexpropriate

Origin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin, past participle of expropriare, from Latin proprius your own

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

law to take away someone’s private property, especially for public use: The city wanted to expropriate a three-mile strip along the river.—expropriation /ɛksˌproʊpriˈeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]