confiscate

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Etymology

From Latin confiscare ("to declare property of the fisc").

Verb

confiscate (third-person singular simple present confiscates, present participle confiscating, simple past and past participle confiscated)

1. (transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

   In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

Synonyms

• (take possession of): ‎appropriate‎, ‎arrogate‎, ‎usurp‎, ‎steal‎, ‎rob‎

Translations

take possession of by force

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• Bulgarian: конфискувам (bg) (konfiskuvam)
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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沒收 (cmn), 没收 (cmn) (mòshōu)

• Czech: zabavit (cs)
• Danish: konfiskere (da)
• Dutch: confisqueren (nl)
• Esperanto: konfiski (eo)
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• Faroese: leggja hald á (fo), draga inn (fo), taka frá (fo)
• Finnish: takavarikoida (fi)
• French: confisquer (fr)
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• German: konfiszieren (de)
• Greek: κατάσχω (el) (katáscho)
• Hebrew: החרים (he) (hekhrím)
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• Hungarian: elkoboz (hu)
• Icelandic: gera upptækan (is)
• Ido: konfiskar (io)
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• Interlingue: confiscar (ie)
• Irish: gabh seilbh ar (ga), coigistigh (ga)
• Italian: confiscare (it)
• Japanese: 没収する (ja) (ぼっしゅうする, bosshū-suru)
• Jèrriais: confistchi
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• Korean: 몰수하다 (ko) (molsu-hada)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: dest danîn ser (kmr)

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• Portuguese: confiscar (pt)
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• Russian: конфисковать (ru) (konfiskovátʹ) pf., изымать (ru) (izymátʹ) impf., изъять (ru) (izʺjátʹ) pf.
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• Spanish: decomisar (es)
• Swedish: konfiskera (sv)
• Telugu: జప్తు చేయు (te) (japtu cēyu)
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• Urdu: قبضے میں لینا
• Vietnamese: tịch thâu (vi)
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See also

• confiscation

Adjective

confiscate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit
   • Shakespeare

     Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.

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Italian

Verb

confiscate

1. second-person plural present indicative of confiscare
2. second-person plural imperative of confiscare
3. Feminine plural of confiscato

Anagrams

• confacesti
• sfioccante

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Latin

Verb

confiscāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of confiscō