| 单词 | confiscate |
| 释义 | confiscate (once / 837 pages) vadj To confiscate means to take away temporarily for security or legal reasons. It implies an act by an authority upon one of less power. If you use your cell phone in class, the teacher might confiscate it for the day. Confiscate derives from the Latin confiscat, meaning "to store in a chest, or give to the treasury." In school, if the boys begin throwing pencils at each other, the teacher will confiscate them and "store” them in her desk. She’ll return them, however, when the boys need to take the test. That’s assuming they have not blinded each other beforehand. WORD FAMILYconfiscate: confiscated, confiscates, confiscating, confiscation+/confiscation: confiscations USAGE EXAMPLESThe terrorist group also benefited initially from the vast hard-currency holdings it confiscated when it seized banks in Iraqi and Syrian cities in 2014. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) They confiscated two nonfiction books, including one about Mr. Gulen. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Police say they’ll warn people to put the items away, and will confiscate the items if their owners are being uncooperative. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority The police confiscated the stolen artwork Syn|Hypo|Hyper attach, impound, seize, sequester sequester requisition forcibly, as of enemy property condemn appropriate (property) for public use garnish, garnisheetake a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support distrainconfiscate by distress take take into one's possession 2adj surrendered as a penalty Syn forfeit, forfeited lost not gained or won |
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