Expropriate
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.充公; 没收
- ［英］ v.充公;没收 ( to deprive of ownership; dispossess)
- ［记］ ex+propr ( 拥有) +iate -> 不再拥有 -> 没收
- ［同］ 同根词: property ( 财产) ; appropriate ( 挪用)
- ［例］ The state expropriated his palace.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (-ated; -ating)
- Etymology: Medieval Latin expropriatus, past participle of expropriare, from Latin ex- + proprius own
- Date: 1611
- 1. to deprive of possession or proprietary rights
- 2. to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession
- ? expropriator noun
