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- Dictionarycon·fis·cate/ˈkänfəˌskāt/
verb
- 1. take or seize (someone's property) with authority: "the guards confiscated his camera"
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The meaning of CONFISCATE is appropriated by the government : forfeited. How to use confiscate in a sentence.
CONFISCATE definition: 1. to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment…. Learn more.
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.
adj. 1. (Law) seized or confiscated; forfeit. 2. (Law) having lost or been deprived of property through confiscation. [C16: from Latin confiscāre to seize for the public treasury, from fiscus basket, treasury] ˌconfisˈcation n. ˈconfisˌcator n.
CONFISCATE meaning: 1. to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment…. Learn more.
If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, often as a punishment. The police confiscated his passport.
Confiscate definition: To seize (private property) for the public treasury, especially as a penalty for wrongdoing.
verb. /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/ /ˈkɑːnfɪskeɪt/ Verb Forms. confiscate something to officially take something away from somebody, especially as a punishment. Their land was confiscated after the war. The teacher threatened to confiscate their phones if they kept using them in class. Our belongings were temporarily confiscated. Topics Crime and punishment c2.
CONFISCATE definition: to take something away from someone, especially as a punishment. Learn more.
