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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    expropriate

    • IPA[ˌeksˈprōprēˌāt]

    美式

    • v.
      (especially of the state) take away (property) from its owner；dispossess (someone) of property

    • verb: expropriate, 3rd person present: expropriates, gerund or present participle: expropriating, past tense: expropriated, past participle: expropriated

    • 釋義

    動詞

    • 1. (especially of the state) take away (property) from its owner government plans to expropriate farmland
    • ▪ dispossess (someone) of property the land reform expropriated the Irish landlords