| 单词 | expropriate |
| 释义 | expropriate —expropriable /eks proh"pree euh beuhl/, adj. —expropriation, n. —expropriationist, adj. , n. —expropriator, n. /eks proh"pree ayt'/, v.t., expropriated, expropriating. 1. to take possession of, esp. for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner: The government expropriated the land for a recreation area. 2. to dispossess (a person) of ownership: The revolutionary government expropriated the landowners from their estates. 3. to take (something) from another's possession for one's own use: He expropriated my ideas for his own article. [1605-15; < ML expropriatus separated from one's own (ptp. of expropriare), equiv. to ex- EX-1 + propri(are) to appropriate (deriv. of proprius PROPER) + -atus -ATE1] |
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