expropriate land 征用土地
expropriate property 没收财产
expropriation rights 征收权
expropriate assets 剥夺资产
expropriate funds 挪用资金
1. The government expropriated the farmer's land for the new highway project.
政府为新建高速公路项目征用了农民的土地。
2. The company claimed its intellectual property rights were expropriated by competitors.
该公司声称其知识产权被竞争对手侵夺了。
3. Many citizens felt their private assets were unjustly expropriated during the economic crisis.
许多市民觉得在金融危机期间他们的私人资产被不公正地没收了。
A: Why was the building demolished?
A：那栋建筑为什么被拆除了？
B: The city council decided that the land was expropriated for public use.
B：市议会决定该土地被征收用于公共用途。
1) 政府征收或征用（土地、财产）
2) 剥夺（权利、地位）
3) 没收（非法所得、资产）
1. v. 没收，征用（尤指政府为公共利益而征收私人财产，通常给予补偿）
e.g. The state expropriated the factory site for urban development.
verb
1. To take possession of (private property) by legal authority, usually with compensation, for public use.
Synonym: confiscated, seized, nationalized