expropriation
🇺🇸
/ˌeksˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn/
🇬🇧
/ˌeksˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃn/
noun
R
When the government takes private property for public use.
The government's expropriation of the land caused controversy.
政府对土地的征用引起了争议。
R
When someone takes something from another person without permission.
The company faced backlash for its expropriation of indigenous lands.
该公司因征用原住民土地而遭到强烈反对。
translation
征用, 侵占
词形变化
Plural
expropriations