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Meanings of confiscate in English

Portuguese
apreender
Catalan
confiscar
Spanish
confiscar

Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.

        apreender

        Surrendered as a penalty.

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              Seized.

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                    Usage of confiscate in English
                    1
                    I confiscate it in the name of the Republic One and Indivisible.
                    Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798
                    2
                    He has not proposed to confiscate the personal property of the Jews.
                    Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
                    3
                    Whicher told Constance he must confiscate her linen list and remaining nightclothes.
                    The suspicions of mr. whicher: a shocking murder and the undoing...
                    4
                    By the time Mikael had arrived to confiscate the contents none remained.
                    Agent 6
                    5
                    I confiscate their iPods all the time, so they'll listen to me.
                    Big girl: a novel
                    6
                    They may also confiscate loggers' equipment or the trees they cut down.
                    Reuters
                    7
                    Let us confiscate the lands of expatriated Americans as an initial step.
                    The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
                    8
                    Your lord the bishop will confiscate your small property, but no matter.
                    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
                    9
                    Nathless, neither he is advantaged nor I, for the estates are confiscate.
                    Robin Hood
                    10
                    Not when they burn a farm, not when they confiscate a cargo.
                    The windup girl
                    11
                    My answer to your vulgar interference is, that I confiscate your balance!
                    Roundabout Papers
                    12
                    The British would confiscate his property, his splendid house-allwould be gone!
                    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 / Little J...
                    13
                    They'll dig up your lawn, shoot video and stills, confiscate your records.
                    Speaking in Bones
                    14
                    Many Pakistanis also believe the United States wants to confiscate its nuclear weapons.
                    Reuters
                    15
                    Many Pakistanis also believe the United States wants to confiscate Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
                    Reuters
                    16
                    Law enforcement officers are also not allowed to confiscate homeless people's personal property.
                    The South African
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                    Confiscate through the time
                    Confiscate across language varieties
                    United States of America
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                    Common