expropriate
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.
🗣️ 情景例句
Hey, Xiao Li, are you doing anything this weekend?
嘿,小李,这个周末有没有什么事要做?
Do you usually work at the restaurant after school?
你通常在放学后在餐厅工作吗?
Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.