ex·pro·pri·ate /ɛkˈspropriˌet/
(vt.)剝奪,沒收,徵用
Ex·pro·pri·ate v. t. To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. --M. Arnold.
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expropriate
v : deprive of possessions; "The Communist government
expropriated the landowners"