英语词汇“confiscation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

confiscateconfiscate /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYconfiscate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of confiscare, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + fiscus ( ➔ FISCAL)

VERB TABLE

confiscate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	confiscate
	he, she, it	confiscates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	confiscated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have confiscated
	he, she, it	has confiscated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had confiscated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will confiscate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have confiscated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am confiscating
	he, she, it	is confiscating
	you, we, they	are confiscating
Past	I, he, she, it	was confiscating
	you, we, they	were confiscating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been confiscating
	he, she, it	has been confiscating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been confiscating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be confiscating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been confiscating

to officially take someone’s property away from him or her, usually as a punishment: An increasing number of guns have been confiscated recently.—confiscation /ˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]: the confiscation of private property—confiscatory /kənˈfɪskəˌtɔri/ adjective