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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.
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.
con·fis·cate. (kŏn′fĭ-skāt′) tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates. 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury, especially as a penalty for wrongdoing. 2. To seize by authority: The teacher confiscated all the comic books we had in class. See Synonyms at appropriate.
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.
CONFISCATE definition: to take something away from someone, especially as a punishment. Learn more.
To seize (private property) for the public treasury, usually as a penalty. To seize by or as by authority; appropriate. To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder. In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.
