expropriate
v[Tn, Tn.pr]
(fml or law 文或律)
1 ~ sth (from sb)
(a) take away (property, etc) for public use without payment to the owner 徵用, 没收(财产等)
The new government expropriated his estate for military purposes. 新政府将他的地产徵作军用.
(b) ~ sb (of sth) dispossess sb in this way (以徵用或没收的方式)剥夺某人的(财产等的)所有权
She was expropriated (of her land). 她的(土地的)所有权已遭剥夺.
2 ~ sth (from sb/sth) take away (property, money, etc) illegally from the owners for one´s own use (非法从物主处)取走(财物等)据为己有
He expropriated the jewels from the bank´s safe. 他非法将他人的珠宝从银行保险箱中取走.