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confiscate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈkänfəˌskāt/,
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confiscated, past tense; confiscated, past participle; confiscates, 3rd person singular present; confiscating, present participle;
  1. Take or seize (someone's property) with authority
    • - the guards confiscated his camera
    • - confiscated equipment
  2. Take (a possession, esp. land) as a penalty and give it to the public treasury
    • - the government confiscated his property
  1. impound: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
  2. surrendered as a penalty
  3. (confiscation) seizure by the government
  4. To take possession of by force or authority; expropriate
  5. (Confiscation) The taking and holding of private property by a government or an agency acting for a government. Compensation may or may not be given to the owner of the property.
  6. (Confiscation) An order that a person's property be taken by the government eg: proceeds of criminal activity.
  7. (Confiscation) The idea that a government will not allow you to keep silver or gold. This did occur in the United States from 1933 to 1974 (few, if any, coins were actually confiscated). This did not apply to silver. See our page on confiscation.
  8. (confiscation) A legal argument made by the railroads that held that the rates set by the Railroad Commission did not allow them enough profit to operate, pay off debt, or reinvest in the company, thus depriving the railroads of their property without due process of law.
  9. To seize something (often private property), usually as a penalty for misbehavior or illegal actions
  10. To seize property legally without payment.