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confiscate

/verb kon-fuh-skeyt; adjective kuhn-fis-kit/US // verb ˈkɒn fəˌskeɪt; adjective kənˈfɪs kɪt //UK // (ˈkɒnfɪˌskeɪt) //

充公,充公了,充公的,充公了的

Related Words

appropriate适当的,适当,恰当的,适宜的expropriate征用,征收,窃取,剥夺impound扣押,扣留,扣压,封锁commandeer征用,强行征用,霸占,强征hijack劫持,劫持行为,劫持事件,劫持人质annex附件,吞并,吞噬,吞并案assume假设,假定,承担,担当arrogate傲慢的,嚣张,傲慢无礼,傲慢swipe轻扫,刷卡,扫一扫,轻轻一扫preempt抢占先机,抢先,先发制人,抢占sequester封存,查封,扣押,封锁take采纳,采纳了usurp侵占,篡夺,僭越,篡改grab抓住,抓紧时间,抓取,攫取liberate解放,解脱,释放,解救sequestrate封存,扣押,扣留,螯合accroach途径,靠近,靠近的地方,靠近的take over接管,兼并,接手,接管工作

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing.

    • : to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
    • : to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily: The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : seized or appropriated, as for public use.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbsteal; seize
Forms: confiscated
Synonyms
appropriate适当的,适当,恰当的,适宜的expropriate征用,征收,窃取,剥夺impound扣押,扣留,扣压,封锁annex附件,吞并,吞噬,吞并案arrogate傲慢的,嚣张,傲慢无礼,傲慢assume假设,假定,承担,担当commandeer征用,强行征用,霸占,强征grab抓住,抓紧时间,抓取,攫取hijack劫持,劫持行为,劫持事件,劫持人质liberate解放,解脱,释放,解救preempt抢占先机,抢先,先发制人,抢占sequester封存,查封,扣押,封锁sequestrate封存,扣押,扣留,螯合swipe轻扫,刷卡,扫一扫,轻轻一扫take采纳,采纳了usurp侵占,篡夺,僭越,篡改accroach途径,靠近,靠近的地方,靠近的confisticate忏悔,混淆视听,忏悔者,忏悔吧glom on to紧紧抓住,黏着,攀附,攀附于moonlight requisition月光征用,月光征用令,月光请柬,月光征用书possess oneself of拥有,独占,占有,囊括take over接管,兼并,接手,接管工作

Examples

  • Hundreds of state police and other law enforcement officers converged on Mink Slide early the next morning, forcing residents from their houses and confiscating their guns, jewelry and money.

  • Yet the federal government continues to treat it like a schedule one narcotic — the same classification for heroin — and so sometimes its agents confiscate large amounts of product and cash.

  • Samuels said it would make sense if Border Patrol just logged shipments from state-licensed businesses and requested the Certificate of Analysis so they could keep track them, rather than confiscate the product.

  • Josh Swider, CEO of InfiniteCAL, a testing lab in San Diego, said one of his sampling technicians was stopped at the end of May and 14 samples of hemp were confiscated.

  • Four days earlier, on June 24, 1969, the police, led by Deputy Inspector Seymour Pine, raided the Stonewall Inn and began arresting bar employees and confiscating liquor.

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