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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 51Թ Forms
- confiscatable adjective
- confiscation noun
- confiscator noun
- reconfiscate verb (used with object)
- unconfiscated adjective
- ˌDzԴھˈپDz noun
- ˈDzԴھˌٴǰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of confiscate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of confiscate1
Example Sentences
Get Me Out of Here! in 2009, Woodburn gained a lot of attention after she became outraged over her hair products being confiscated.
She said while vapes were still the bigger offender at schools, she had confiscated a number of nicotine pouches from students.
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.
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