expropriate
🇺🇸
/eksˈprəʊprieɪt/
🇬🇧
/eksˈprəʊprieɪt/
verb
R
When the government takes private property for public use, like building a road or a school.
The government expropriated the land to build a new hospital.
정부는 새로운 병원을 지을 수 있도록 토지를 몰수했다.
R
When someone takes something that belongs to another person without asking, like taking their toys or clothes.
The bully expropriated the new toy from the little kid at school.
괴롭힘꾼은 학교에서 어린 아이의 새로운 장난감을 빼앗았다.
translation
몰수, 점거
어형 변화
3rd Present
expropriates
Past
expropriated
Perfect
expropriated
Progressive
expropriating