expropriate

英 [ɪks'prəʊprɪeɪt; eks-] 美 [ɛks'proprɪet]
  • vt. 没收,征用;剥夺
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1. ex- "away from" + propri- "one's own, particular to itself" + -ate.
2. => take away from one's own property, deprive of one's own property.
3. => a taking of someone's property, especially for public use.
expropriate 征用

ex-, 向外。-propr, 自己的,词源同property, appropriate. 即自己的东西被拿走,后指征用。

expropriate (v.)
1610s, back-formation from expropriation, or from earlier adjective (mid-15c.), or from Medieval Latin expropriatus, past participle of expropriare "to deprive of one's own." Related: Expropriated; expropriating.