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- Dictionaryconfiscate/ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/
verb
- 1. take or seize (someone's property) with authority: "the guards confiscated his camera"
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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.
The meaning of CONFISCATE is appropriated by the government : forfeited. How to use confiscate in a sentence.
CONFISCATE meaning: 1. to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment…. Learn more.
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.
If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
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.
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.
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 definition: to take something away from someone, especially as a punishment. Learn more.
Confiscate definition: To seize (private property) for the public treasury, especially as a penalty for wrongdoing.
