収奪|しゅうだつshuudatsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbplundering; exploitation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 収奪する（しゅうだつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 収奪します（しゅうだつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 収奪しない（しゅうだつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 収奪しません（しゅうだつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 収奪せず・収奪せぬ（しゅうだつせず・しゅうだつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 収奪した（しゅうだつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 収奪しました（しゅうだつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 収奪しなかった（しゅうだつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 収奪しませんでした（しゅうだつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 収奪して（しゅうだつして） |
| Potential | 収奪できる（しゅうだつできる） |
| Passive | 収奪される（しゅうだつされる） |
| Causative | 収奪させる（しゅうだつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 収奪させられる（しゅうだつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 収奪すれば（しゅうだつすれば） |
| tara | 収奪したら（しゅうだつしたら） |
| Volitional | 収奪しよう（しゅうだつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 収奪しましょう（しゅうだつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 収奪しろ（しゅうだつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym略奪りゃくだつWrittenWritten: groups seizing goods by violence, as in wartime looting. More overtly violent than 「収奪」, which suggests systematic exploitation.
- Synonym強奪ごうだつWrittenWritten: taking by brute force; fits one-off crimes like 「現金強奪事件」. Unlike the systemic exploitation of 「収奪」, it points to a single robbery.
- Synonym奪取だっしゅWrittenWritten: wresting something from another's hands; also used in sports, as in 「タイトル奪取」.
- Synonym略取りゃくしゅWrittenWritten, often legal language: seizing property by violence or abducting people. Covers kidnapping, which 「収奪」 does not.
- Synonym奪ううばうNeutralThe most common everyday verb: to take away by force; also to captivate or absorb attention. General use, where 「収奪」 is systemic exploitation.
- RelatedぶんどるCasualColloquial verb for grabbing something by force, as in 「予算を分捕る」. Casual compared with the formal, abstract 「収奪」.
- Related奪い取るうばいとるNeutralNeutral verb: forcibly taking something and making it your own. A plain verb where 「収奪」 is a written noun.
- Related剥ぐはぐNeutralNeutral verb: peeling off a surface layer, or stripping someone of clothes, status, or rights.
- Related劫掠きょうりゃくWrittenWritten and rare: plundering after threats or intimidation. Emphasizes seizing under duress.
- Related奪掠だつりゃくWrittenWritten and rare: taking things by armed force. Emphasizes violent seizure.
- Related簒奪さんだつWrittenWritten: usurping a throne or seat of power. Specific to seizing position or authority.
- RelatedかすめるWrittenWritten: quickly stealing something by exploiting a lapse, or grazing past. Emphasizes stealthy snatching.
- Related掠め奪うかすめうばうWrittenWritten and rare: seizing things by force or violence. A literary compound.
- RelatedふんだくるCasualColloquial: snatching things away, or charging an outrageous price. Rough speech for ripping someone off.
- Antonym贈与ぞうよWrittenWritten: giving money or goods to someone for free. The opposite of 「収奪」's forcible taking.
- Antonym供与きょうよFormalFormal: furnishing or supplying something to the other side. The giving-side opposite of 「収奪」.
「収奪」 is written prose for rulers or capital forcibly exploiting people's land and resources, as in 「植民地の収奪」. For violent group looting pick 「略奪」; for a one-off robbery, 「強奪」. 「奪取」 is wresting something away, even a sports title; 「簒奪」 is usurping a throne. In speech use 「奪う」 or 「奪い取る」; 「贈与」 and 「供与」 are the giving-side antonyms.
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