English-Thai Dictionary

expropriate

VI ยึด (เงิน  ทรัพย์สิน  บังคับ ซื้อ  เวนคืน  confiscate dispossess seize yued

 

expropriate

VT ยึด (เงิน  ทรัพย์สิน  บังคับ ซื้อ  เวนคืน  confiscate dispossess seize yued

 

expropriate from

PHRV ยึด มาจาก  ริบ จาก  บังคับเอา มาจาก  yod-ma-jak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPROPRIATE

v.t.[L. ex and proprius, own. ] To disengage from appropriation; to hold no longer as one's own; to give up a claim to exclusive property.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPROPRIATE

Ex *pro "pri *ate, v. t. Etym: [L. ex out, from + proprius one's own: cf. F. exproprier. ]

 

Defn: To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle. Expropriate these [bad landlords ] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. M. Arnold.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

expropriate

ex pro pri ate |ˌeksˈprōprēˌāt ˌɛksˈproʊpriˌeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (esp. of the state ) take away (property ) from its owner: government plans to expropriate farmland. • dispossess (someone ) of property: the land reform expropriated the Irish landlords. DERIVATIVES ex pro pri a tion |ˌeksˌprōprēˈāSHən |noun, ex pro pri a tor |-ˌātər |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin expropriat- ‘taken from the owner, ’ from the verb expropriare, from ex- ‘out, from ’ + proprium ‘property, ’ neuter singular of proprius ‘own. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

expropriate

expropriate |ɪksˈprəʊprɪeɪt, ɛks- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (of the state or an authority ) take (property ) from its owner for public use or benefit: their assets were expropriated by the government. • dispossess (someone ) of property: the measures expropriated the landlords. DERIVATIVES expropriation |-ˈeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, expropriator noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin expropriat- ‘taken from the owner ’, from the verb expropriare, from ex- ‘out, from ’ + proprium ‘property ’, neuter singular of proprius ‘own ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

expropriate

expropriate verb legislation to expropriate land from absentee landlords: seize, take away, take over, take, appropriate, take possession of, requisition, commandeer, claim, acquire, sequestrate, confiscate; Law distrain.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

expropriate

expropriate verb legislation to expropriate land from absentee landlords: seize, take away, take over, take, appropriate, take possession of, requisition, commandeer, claim, make claim to, assume, acquire, sequestrate, wrest; impound, confiscate; misappropriate, usurp, arrogate, hijack; Law distrain, disseize, attach; Scottish Law poind.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

expropriate

ex pro pri ate /ɪkspróʊprièɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈政府などが 〉〈土地 財産など 〉を (公用で )収用する, 取り上げる ; 〈人 〉から所有権を取り上げる ▸ expropriate his estate 彼の不動産を収用する 2 〈他人の物 〉を盗んで使う, 奪う, 盗用する .ex pr ó pri à tor /-tə r /名詞