expropriate(动词):征收;征用;没收(尤指政府为公共用途而强制取得私人财产)。常带有“补偿与否”或“是否公正”的争议语境。另有较少见用法指“夺取(思想、文化等)”。
/ɛkˈsproʊpriˌeɪt/
The government expropriated the land to build a new highway.
政府为修建新公路征用了这块土地。
After the revolution, many factories were expropriated, and ownership was transferred to the state.
革命之后,许多工厂被征收,所有权被转移给国家。
来自拉丁语 *ex-*(“出、离开”)+ proprius(“自己的、私有的”),经由“使其不再属于某人”发展为“将私人财产强制收归公有/他用”的含义。