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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ex·pro·pri·ate /ɛkˈspropriˌet/
 (vt.)剝奪,沒收,徵用

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ex·pro·pri·ate v. t.  To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
    Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament.   --M. Arnold.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 expropriate
      v : deprive of possessions; "The Communist government
          expropriated the landowners"