confiscate

confiscate
[ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]take or seize (someone's property) with authority
    没收,查抄(某人的财产)
    the guards confiscated his camera.
    警卫没收了他的相机。
    ■appropriate (something, especially land) to the public treasury as a penalty
    被没收的设备
派生
confiscation
noun
confiscator
noun
confiscatory
adjective
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from Latin confiscat- 'put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury', from the verb confiscare, based on con- 'together' + fiscus 'chest, treasury'
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