expropriate
verb[T]
formaluk/ɪkˈsprəʊ.pri.eɪt/us/ɪkˈsproʊ.pri.eɪt/to take awaymoneyorpropertyespeciallyforpublicuse withoutpaymentto theowner, or forpersonaluseillegally:
(尤指无偿充公)征用,没收;(尤指个人非法)侵占,把…据为己有He wasdiscoveredto have been expropriatingcompanyfunds.他被发现一直在侵吞公司资金。
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglar
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- joyride
- kleptomania
- piratical
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- purloin
- rustle
- rustling
- snaffle
- snitch
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere