亚洲网紅露点

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confiscate

[ verb kon-fuh-skeyt; adjective kuhn-fis-kit ]

verb (used with object)

confiscated, confiscating.
  1. to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
  2. to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily:

    The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.



adjective

  1. seized or appropriated, as for public use.

confiscate

/ 藞办蓲苍蹿瑟藢蝉办别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to seize (property), esp for public use and esp by way of a penalty
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. seized or confiscated; forfeit
  2. having lost or been deprived of property through confiscation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢肠辞苍蹿颈蝉藞肠补迟颈辞苍, noun
  • 藞肠辞苍蹿颈蝉藢肠补迟辞谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路蹿颈蝉路肠补迟路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 肠辞苍路蹿颈蝉路肠补路迟颈辞苍 [kon-f, uh, -, skey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • 肠辞苍路蹿颈蝉路肠补路迟辞谤 noun
  • 谤别路肠辞苍路蹿颈蝉路肠补迟别 verb (used with object) reconfiscated reconfiscating
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍路蹿颈蝉路肠补迟路别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of confiscate1

First recorded in 1525鈥35; from Latin 肠辞苍蹿颈蝉肠腻迟耻蝉 鈥渟eized,鈥 past participle of 肠辞苍蹿颈蝉肠腻谤别 鈥渢o seize for the public treasury,鈥 equivalent to con- con- + fisc(us) 鈥渂asket, moneybag, public treasury鈥 ( fiscal ) + -腻谤别, verb infinitive suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of confiscate1

C16: from Latin 肠辞苍蹿颈蝉肠腻谤别 to seize for the public treasury, from fiscus basket, treasury
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Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told a news conference that all of the Brotherhood's offices would be closed and its assets confiscated, and that any activities would be considered illegal.

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For central banks navigating complex political dynamics, gold provides a unique advantage: It cannot be frozen or confiscated.

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He says his phone was confiscated when he was detained.

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Last month in Koawaya, a hamlet wedged near Syria鈥檚 border with Jordan and Israel, Israeli troops were running patrols to confiscate weapons when local men opened fire to prevent them from entering the village.

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Do I know others who had a peanut butter sandwich confiscated?

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