confiscate – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
confiscate
v.
take away, seize (property, money, etc.)
Confiscation
Confiscation (from the
Latin confiscatio "joining to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal seizure by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of
spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property as punishment or in enforcement of the law.
confiscate
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) impound, attach, sequester, seize
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) garnishee, garnish
(verb-group) sequester
(derivation) confiscation, arrogation
Adjective
1. surrendered as a penalty
(synonym) forfeit, forfeited
(similar) lost
2. taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain"
(synonym) appropriated, condemned, confiscated, seized, taken over
(similar) taken
confiscare
v.
confiscate, impound, seize, disendow, sequester
confiscato
adj.
sequestered, confiscated, seized, taken away
confiscar
v.
confiscate, impound
