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verb
- 1. take or seize (someone's property) with authority: "the guards confiscated his camera"
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Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word confiscate, which can be an adjective or a verb. Confiscate means to seize as forfeited to the public treasury or to deprive of property by confiscation.
CONFISCATE definition: 1. to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment…. Learn more.
Confiscate means to take something away from someone, usually as a punishment, by legal authority. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and see synonyms, antonyms and translations.
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.
verb (used with object) , con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing. 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.
Learn the meaning of confiscate, a verb that means to take something away from someone, usually as a punishment. Find out how to use it in sentences, pronounce it, and see related words and translations.
Confiscate means to seize (private property) for the public treasury, especially as a penalty for wrongdoing, or to seize by authority. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples from various sources.
