purpresture

n. [律]侵占公产

词形变化

purprestures 复数 purprestures

别名

pourpresture

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The unlawful personal appropriation of public lands; wrongful encroachment on, or enclosure of properties belonging to the public (e.g. highways, sidewalks, forests, harbors).

    可数 历史 不可数

词源

From 1150–1200, Middle English purpresture, from Anglo-Norman purpresture; alteration of Old French porpresure (“enclosure, occupied space”), from porprendre (“to seize, occupy, enclose”), from por- (“for”) + prendre (“to take”); from Latin prehendere.

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