expropriate
/eksˈprəʊprɪeɪt/verb
with obj.
1- (especially of the state) take away (property) from its owner（尤指国家）征用; 没收（财产）：
the distillery was expropriated by the dictator.
那个酿酒厂被独裁者没收了。
1.1
- dispossess (someone) of property剥夺…的财产：
the measures expropriated the landlords.
这些措施剥夺了地主的财产。
派生词
expropriation
nounexpropriator
noun词源
late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin expropriat- 'taken from the owner', from the verb expropriare, from ex- 'out, from'+proprium 'property', neuter singular of proprius 'own'.