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confiscate
[kon-fuh-skeyt, kuhn-fis-kit]
verb (used with object)
to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily.
The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.
adjective
seized or appropriated, as for public use.
confiscate
/ ˈɒԴɪˌɪ /
verb
to seize (property), esp for public use and esp by way of a penalty
adjective
seized or confiscated; forfeit
having lost or been deprived of property through confiscation
Other Word Forms
- confiscatable adjective
- confiscation noun
- confiscator noun
- reconfiscate verb (used with object)
- unconfiscated adjective
- ˌDzԴھˈپDz noun
- ˈDzԴھˌٴǰ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of confiscate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of confiscate1
Example Sentences
Their phones and passports were confiscated, and they were told they were now part of a cartel.
Owners have sometimes been arrested and dogs confiscated for being walked in public.
It featured 650 works confiscated from German museums and judged by a panel to represent "decadence," "weakness of character," "mental disease," "racial impurity" and other hallmarks of Weimar-era modernity.
Denmark came under glaring international attention for its hardline refugee stance, after it allowed the authorities to confiscate asylum seekers' jewellery and other valuables, saying this was to pay towards their stay in Denmark.
Medina said he didn’t know what that meant, but his ex-wife told him the police arrested their son and confiscated a gun.
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