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confiscate
con·fis·cate C0562300 (kŏn′fĭ-skāt′)tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury, especially as a penalty for wrongdoing.2. To seize by authority: The teacher confiscated all the comic books we had in class. See Synonyms at appropriate.adj. (kŏn′fĭ-skāt′, kən-fĭs′kət)1. Seized by a government; appropriated.2. Having lost property through confiscation.
[Latin cōnfiscāre, cōnfiscāt : com-, com- + fiscus, treasury.]
con′fis·ca′tion n.con′fis·ca′tor n.confiscate (ˈkɒnfɪˌskeɪt) vb (tr) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to seize (property), esp for public use and esp by way of a penaltyadj1. (Law) seized or confiscated; forfeit2. (Law) having lost or been deprived of property through confiscation[C16: from Latin confiscāre to seize for the public treasury, from fiscus basket, treasury] ˌconfisˈcation n ˈconfisˌcator ncon•fis•cate (ˈkɒn fəˌskeɪt, kənˈfɪs keɪt)
v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing,
adj. v.t. 1. to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use. 2. to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily. adj. 3. seized. [1525–35; < Latin confiscātus, past participle of confiscāre to seize for the public treasury] con′fis•cat`a•ble, adj. con`fis•ca′tion, n. con′fis•ca`tor, n. confiscate
Past participle: confiscated
Gerund: confiscating
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| confiscate | | confiscate |
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| I confiscate | | you confiscate | | he/she/it confiscates | | we confiscate | | you confiscate | | they confiscate |
| Preterite |
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| I confiscated | | you confiscated | | he/she/it confiscated | | we confiscated | | you confiscated | | they confiscated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am confiscating | | you are confiscating | | he/she/it is confiscating | | we are confiscating | | you are confiscating | | they are confiscating |
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| I have confiscated | | you have confiscated | | he/she/it has confiscated | | we have confiscated | | you have confiscated | | they have confiscated |
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| I was confiscating | | you were confiscating | | he/she/it was confiscating | | we were confiscating | | you were confiscating | | they were confiscating |
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| I had confiscated | | you had confiscated | | he/she/it had confiscated | | we had confiscated | | you had confiscated | | they had confiscated |
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| I will confiscate | | you will confiscate | | he/she/it will confiscate | | we will confiscate | | you will confiscate | | they will confiscate |
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| I will have confiscated | | you will have confiscated | | he/she/it will have confiscated | | we will have confiscated | | you will have confiscated | | they will have confiscated |
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| I will be confiscating | | you will be confiscating | | he/she/it will be confiscating | | we will be confiscating | | you will be confiscating | | they will be confiscating |
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| I have been confiscating | | you have been confiscating | | he/she/it has been confiscating | | we have been confiscating | | you have been confiscating | | they have been confiscating |
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| I will have been confiscating | | you will have been confiscating | | he/she/it will have been confiscating | | we will have been confiscating | | you will have been confiscating | | they will have been confiscating |
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| I had been confiscating | | you had been confiscating | | he/she/it had been confiscating | | we had been confiscating | | you had been confiscating | | they had been confiscating |
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| I would confiscate | | you would confiscate | | he/she/it would confiscate | | we would confiscate | | you would confiscate | | they would confiscate |
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| I would have confiscated | | you would have confiscated | | he/she/it would have confiscated | | we would have confiscated | | you would have confiscated | | they would have confiscated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  confiscate - take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"impound, sequester, seize, attachtake - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"condemn - appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"garnish, garnishee - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"distrain - confiscate by distress | | Adj. | 1. | confiscate - surrendered as a penaltyforfeit, forfeitedlost - not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize" |
confiscateverb seize, appropriate, impound, commandeer, sequester, expropriate, sequestrate They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.
give, return, free, release, restore, hand back, give backconfiscateverbTo take quick and forcible possession of:commandeer, expropriate, grab, seize, snatch.Idiom: help oneself to.Translationsconfiscate (ˈkonfiskeit) verb to seize or take (something) away, usually as a penalty. The teacher confiscated the boy's comic which he was reading in class. 沒收 没收ˌconfiˈscation noun 沒收 没收confiscate
confiscate (something) from (someone)To take something away from someone, often as a form of punishment. I always confiscate cell phones from students who try to use them in my classroom.See also: confiscateconfiscate something from someone or somethingto seize or impound something from someone or a group. The police confiscated all the stolen property from the suspect's garage. The clean confiscated the beer from the dormitory.See also: confiscateconfiscate
confiscate1. seized or confiscated; forfeit 2. having lost or been deprived of property through confiscation confiscate
ConfiscateTo expropriate private property for public use without compensating the owner under the authority of the Police Power of the government. To seize property. When property is confiscated it is transferred from private to public use, usually for reasons such as insurrection during a time of war or because the private property had been used in illegal activities. A person convicted of violating the Internal Revenue Code by carrying untaxed cigarettes may suffer the penalty of confiscation of any property used in the crime—as, for example, a truck. Confiscation differs from Eminent Domain and condemnation in that the person from whom private property is taken is not compensated for its value at the time of confiscation. confiscatev. to take one's goods or property without legal right, although there may appear to be some lawful basis. In the case of a government seizing property, it may include taking without the just compensation as guaranteed by the Constitution. There are some acts of legal confiscation, such as taking an automobile used in illegal drug traffic. (See: condemnation, theft) confiscate see CONFISCATION.confiscate
Synonyms for confiscateverb seizeSynonyms- seize
- appropriate
- impound
- commandeer
- sequester
- expropriate
- sequestrate
Antonyms- give
- return
- free
- release
- restore
- hand back
- give back
Synonyms for confiscateverb to take quick and forcible possession ofSynonyms- commandeer
- expropriate
- grab
- seize
- snatch
Synonyms for confiscateverb take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authoritySynonyms- impound
- sequester
- seize
- attach
Related Words- take
- condemn
- sequester
- garnish
- garnishee
- distrain
adj surrendered as a penaltySynonymsRelated Words |