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View usage for: (kɒnfɪskeɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense confiscates, present participle confiscating, past tense, past participle confiscatedverbIf you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment. The courts can confiscate assets from people who have committed offences. [VERB noun + from] They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material. [VERB noun] Synonyms: seize, appropriate, impound, commandeer More Synonyms of confiscate confiscation (kɒnfɪskeɪʃən)Word forms: plural confiscations variable noun The new laws allow the confiscation of assets purchased with proceeds of the drugstrade. [+ of] Synonyms: seizure, appropriation, impounding, forfeiture More Synonyms of confiscate confiscate in British English (ˈkɒnfɪˌskeɪt) verb (transitive)1. to seize (property), esp for public use and esp by way of a penalty adjective2. seized or confiscated; forfeit 3. having lost or been deprived of property through confiscation Derived forms confiscation (ˌconfisˈcation) noun confiscator (ˈconfisˌcator) noun Word origin C16: from Latin confiscāre to seize for the public treasury, from fiscus basket, treasury confiscate in American English (ˈkɑnfɪsˌkeɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈconfisˌcated or ˈconfisˌcating1. to seize (private property) for the public treasury, usually as a penalty 2. to seize by or as by authority; appropriate adjective4. having property confiscated Derived forms confiscation (ˌconfisˈcation) noun confiscator (ˈconfisˌcator) noun Word origin < L confiscatus, pp. of confiscare, to lay up in a chest < com-, together + fiscus, money basket, public treasury: see fiscal Examples of 'confiscate' in a sentenceconfiscate In other languagesconfiscate British English: confiscate / ˈkɒnfɪˌskeɪt/ VERB If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, often as a punishment. The police confiscated his passport. - American English: confiscate
- Arabic: يُصَادِرُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: confiscar
- Chinese: 没收
- Croatian: zaplijeniti
- Czech: zabavit majetek
- Danish: konfiskere
- Dutch: in beslag nemen
- European Spanish: confiscar
- Finnish: takavarikoida
- French: confisquer
- German: beschlagnahmen
- Greek: κατάσχω
- Italian: confiscare
- Japanese: 没収する
- Korean: 압수하다
- Norwegian: konfiskere
- Polish: skonfiskować
- European Portuguese: confiscar
- Romanian: a confisca
- Russian: конфисковать
- Latin American Spanish: confiscar
- Swedish: beslagta
- Thai: ยึดทรัพย์
- Turkish: el koymak
- Ukrainian: конфіскувати
- Vietnamese: tịch thu
Chinese translation of 'confiscate' vt -
没(沒)收 (mòshōu) to confiscate sth from sb 没(沒)收某人的某物 (mòshōu mǒurén de mǒuwù)
Definition to seize (property) by authority They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material. Synonyms Opposites give , return , free , release , restore , hand back , give back |