expropriate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use. transitive
    — States have the right to nationalize or expropriate the assets of a transnational corporation operating in their territory. Investments of foreign investors shall not be nationalized or expropriated except for a purpose in the public interest; […]
  2. To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights. transitive
    — When you have resigned, or rather consigned, your expropriated will to God, and thereby entrusted him to will for you, all his dispensations towards you are, in effect, the acts of your own will.

词形变化

expropriates present,singular,third-person expropriating participle,present expropriated participle,past expropriated past

词汇关系

衍生词
unexpropriated
相关词
expropriable expropriation expropriative expropriator expropriatory

词源

From Medieval Latin expropriātus.
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