expropriation
収用
解説 Definition
政府またはその他の公的機関が、個人や民間企業の財産を公共の利益のために奪い取る法的なプロセスです。通常は補償が支払われます。
Expropriation is the act of taking someone's property, especially by a government for public use. It is mainly used in legal, political, and economic contexts. The word often suggests that the owner loses control of the property, sometimes with compensation and sometimes with controversy.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
property（財産）や owner を思い出すと覚えやすい語。中心イメージは「個人の持ち物だった property を、公的な力で外へ持っていく」場面で、government, land, compensation などと一緒に出やすいです。単なる theft（盗み）ではなく、法律・公共事業・補償とセットで現れるのがポイント。confiscation は『没収』、nationalization は『国有化』寄りで、expropriation は私有財産の収用という行政・法務の硬い語だと区別すると定着します。
This word is easier if you connect it with `property`. It usually appears in legal or government contexts, especially with land, public projects, and compensation. That helps you separate it from simple theft: it is an official, formal taking of private property.
例文
The government announced the expropriation of land for a new highway.
政府は新しい高速道路のための土地の収用を発表しました。
Farmers protested against the expropriation of their ancestral lands.
農民たちは先祖伝来の土地の収用に抗議しました。
The expropriation was justified by the need for urban development.
その収用は都市開発の必要性によって正当化されました。
expropriation の類義語・関連語
類義語
派生語
expropriation の語源・成り立ち Etymology
expropriationはex-「外へ」+ propri-「自分のもの」+ -ation「行為」から成るラテン系の語です。中世ラテン語expropriatioに由来し、もとは「所有物から外すこと」。だから「収用」は、私有財産を持ち主の外へ出す行為だと納得できます。関連語はproper、proprietaryです。
Expropriation comes from Latin-based parts: ex- meaning "out," proprius meaning "one's own," and -ation for an action or process. It comes through Medieval Latin expropriatio, which meant taking something out of private ownership. From that sense, it developed into the modern idea of officially taking property from its owner. Related words include proper, property, and proprietary.
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