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   confiscate

   /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/

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   • 1. take or seize (someone's property) with authority: "the guards confiscated his camera"
   • ▪ appropriate (something, especially land) to the public treasury as a penalty: "this land was confiscated after the Second World War"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin confiscat- ‘put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury’, from the verb confiscare, based on con- ‘together’ + fiscus ‘chest, treasury’.

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   What does confiscar mean?

   • confiscar, decomisar… confiscar, apreender… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! CONFISCATE meaning: 1. to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment….

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   What is the meaning of confiscate?

   • confiscate 1. seized or confiscated; forfeit 2. having lost or been deprived of property through confiscation

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   What happens if you confiscate something from someone?

   • If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment . The courts can confiscate assets from people who have committed offences. [VERB noun + from] They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1.

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   What does it mean to confiscate a cell phone?

   • 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."

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   CONFISCATE definition: 1. to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment…. Learn more.

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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.

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   Confiscate definition: to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.. See examples of CONFISCATE used in a sentence.

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   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.

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   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.

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   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.

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   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.