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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ex·pro·pri·ate (-at·ed ; -at·ing) 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 Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 expropriate ex·pro·pri·ate / eks5prEuprieit; NAmE -5prou- / verb[VN] 1. (formal or law 律) (of a government or an authority 政府或权力机构) to officially take away private property from its owner for public use 征用,没收(私有财产) 2. (formal) to take sb's property and use it without permission 侵占(他人财产) • ex·pro·pri·ation / 7eks7prEupri5eiFn; NAmE -7prou- / noun [U] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ex·pro·pri·ate \ekˈsprōprēˌāt, ik-, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Medieval Latin expropriatus, past participle of expropriare, from Latin ex- ex- (I) + propriare to appropriate, from proprius own — more at proper 1. : to deprive of possession or proprietary rights — used especially of the action of a state; see expropriation 2. : to take (something) out of the possession of another : transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession < the landowners expropriated the countryside, but they developed it — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > < they have also expropriated another cherished word from the lexicon of western European peoples — R.G.Cowherd > — used especially of the action of a state < promulgate laws which tended to expropriate Jewish possessions — Collier's Year Book > < the government had expropriated nearly 68,000 hectares of privately owned property — Americana Annual > |
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