/eks'prəʊprɪeɪt; ɛks`proprɪ,et/
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.

v [T]formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: , past participle of expropriare, from Latin proprius 'your own']
if a government or someone in authority expropriates your private property, they take it away for public use
to take something from someone illegally in order to use it
>expropriation [ɪk,sprəupri'eɪʃən (US) -,sprou-/