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confiscate 音標拼音: [k'ɑnfəsk ,et] vt. 沒收,充公,查抄
a. 被沒收的 沒收,充公,查抄被沒收的 confiscate adj 1: surrendered as a penalty [ synonym: { confiscate}, { forfeit}, { forfeited}] v 1: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; " The FBI seized the drugs"; " The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; " The police confiscated the stolen artwork" [ synonym: { impound}, { attach}, { sequester}, { confiscate}, { seize}] Confiscate \ Con" fis* cate\ (? or ?), a. [ L. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See { Fiscal}.] Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. [ 1913 Webster] Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Confiscate \ Con" fis* cate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Confiscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Confiscating}.] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use. [ 1913 Webster] It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 26 Moby Thesaurus words for " confiscate": accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, distrain, expropriate, garnish, impound, impress, levy, nationalize, preempt, press, replevin, replevy, seize, sequester, sequestrate, socialize, take, take away
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