confiscation
/verb kon-fuh-skeyt; adjective kuhn-fis-kit/US // verb ˈkɒn fəˌskeɪt; adjective kənˈfɪs kɪt //UK // (ˈkɒnfɪˌskeɪt) //
没收,充公,罚金,流通
Related Words
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Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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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
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- : seized or appropriated, as for public use.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounseizure
Examples
Anti-state charges remain common across the globeKurdish journalist Dindar Karataş was detained and his equipment confiscated in November in the eastern city of Van.
The Baltimore law firm went to court to challenge the search, saying thousands of electronic files unrelated to the investigation were confiscated.
One FDA study found that 85 percent of confiscated drugs that were supposedly imported from Canada were actually manufactured in 27 other countries.
Methamphetamine seizures rose 41 percent, heroin was up 181 percent and CBP confiscated 300 percent more fentanyl than in October 2019, he said.
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