confiscate

英 [ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt]

美 [ˈkɑːnfɪskeɪt]

v.  (尤指作为惩罚)没收，把…充公

过去分词：confiscated　过去式：confiscated　现在分词：confiscating　第三人称单数：confiscates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11552 / COCA.10551

牛津词典

verb

• （尤指作为惩罚）没收，把…充公
  to officially take sth away from sb, especially as a punishment
  1. Their land was confiscated after the war.
     他们的土地在战后被没收。
  2. The teacher threatened to confiscate their phones if they kept using them in class.
     老师警告说，如果他们上课时继续使用手机就予以没收。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (通常作为惩罚)没收，把…充公
  If youconfiscatesomethingfromsomeone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
  1. There is concern that police use the law to confiscate assets from people who have committed minor offences...
     有人担心警方利用该法罚没犯下轻罪的人的财产。
  2. They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.
     他们没收了武器、弹药和宣传材料。

英英释义

verb

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
  1. The FBI seized the drugs
  2. The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
  3. The police confiscated the stolen artwork
  Synonym:impoundattachsequesterseize

adj

• surrendered as a penalty
  Synonym:forfeitforfeited

双语例句

• I confiscate them all in the name of the king.
  我以国王的名义没收它们。
• We have to confiscate it in accordance with the 《 Rules of Public Safety Management& Penalty 》.
  根据《治安管理处罚条例》规定，我们要没收该物品。
• Authorities frequently confiscate his ordnance and place it in the nearby "official" War Museum.
  政府常没收他所收藏的军械，将之转放于附近“官方”战争博物馆。
• Allowing me to confiscate all your assets.
  授权我来查抄你所有的资产。
• To confiscate all your personal items.
  没收你所有的私人物品。
• We'll have to confiscate this object.
  我们要没收这些物品。
• Will you give me your camera? We have to confiscate your film.
  把照相机给我，我们必须没收你的胶卷。
• And you had no right to confiscate his collection.
  你们没有权利没收他的收藏品。
• Then why'd your goon confiscate my files?
  那为什么你们这些打手要查我的档案？
• We have to confiscate your cat.
  我们要没收您的猫。