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Meanings of
confiscate
in English
Portuguese
apreender
Catalan
confiscar
Spanish
confiscar
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Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.
seize
attach
sequester
impound
Portuguese
apreender
Surrendered as a penalty.
forfeit
forfeited
Related terms
lost
Seized.
seized
condemned
confiscated
appropriated
taken over
Related terms
taken
Usage of
confiscate
in English
1
I
confiscate
it in the name of the Republic One and Indivisible.
2
He has not proposed to
confiscate
the personal property of the Jews.
3
Whicher told Constance he must
confiscate
her linen list and remaining nightclothes.
4
By the time Mikael had arrived to
confiscate
the contents none remained.
5
I
confiscate
their iPods all the time, so they'll listen to me.
6
They may also
confiscate
loggers' equipment or the trees they cut down.
7
Let us
confiscate
the lands of expatriated Americans as an initial step.
8
Your lord the bishop will
confiscate
your small property, but no matter.
9
Nathless, neither he is advantaged nor I, for the estates are
confiscate
.
10
Not when they burn a farm, not when they
confiscate
a cargo.
11
My answer to your vulgar interference is, that I
confiscate
your balance!
12
The British would
confiscate
his property, his splendid house-allwould be gone!
13
They'll dig up your lawn, shoot video and stills,
confiscate
your records.
14
Many Pakistanis also believe the United States wants to
confiscate
its nuclear weapons.
15
Many Pakistanis also believe the United States wants to
confiscate
Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
16
Law enforcement officers are also not allowed to
confiscate
homeless people's personal property.
Other examples for "confiscate"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
confiscate
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Frequent collocations
confiscate property
confiscate counterfeit
confiscate more
confiscate assets
confiscate the lands
More collocations
Translations for
confiscate
Portuguese
apreender
confiscar
Catalan
confiscar
comissar
decomissar
Spanish
confiscar
incautar
embargar
secuestrar
Confiscate
through the time
Confiscate
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common