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单词 confiscate
释义
confiscate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒn.fɪ.skeɪt/us
/ˈkɑːn.fə.skeɪt/
to take apossessionaway from someone when you have therightto do so, usually as apunishmentand often for alimitedperiod, after which it isreturnedto theowner:
（通常指作为惩罚）没收，把…充公
MissEdwards confiscated myphone!爱德华小姐没收了我的电话！
Hispassportwas confiscated by thepolicetopreventhim fromleavingthecountry.警方没收了他的护照，以防他出境。
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
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  • extractive
  • get off
  • impound
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confiscation
(Definition ofconfiscatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

confiscate| American Dictionary

confiscate
verb[T]
us
/ˈkɑn·fəˌskeɪt/
toofficiallytakeprivatepropertyaway from someone, usually bylegalauthority:
Customsagentsconfiscated herbags.

confiscation

noun[C/U]us
/ˌkɑn·fəˈskeɪ·ʃən/
[U]Thelawallowsfor confiscation ofvehiclesused incrimes.
(Definition ofconfiscatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

confiscate| Business English

confiscate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/us
toofficiallytake something away from someone, sometimes for alimitedperiod, because they have done somethingillegal:
TheorganizationhasnotifiedU.S.Customsto confiscate allimportedfireextinguisherswith thecounterfeitlabels.

confiscation

noun[CorU]uk/ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃən/us/ˌkɑː–/
Ourinvestigationresultedin the confiscation of $227,000 inpiratedmaterial.
(Definition ofconfiscatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconfiscate

confiscate
And once, later, the second prior of the monastery confiscated his writing tablets, and completely destroyed what he had written on the wax.
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Inasmuch as one reason for the border closure was currency conversion, it was not uncommon for border crossers to have their money confiscated.
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Large estates permanently confiscated from great delinquents and fractions of estates taken from lesser offenders could be bought by parliament's supporters.
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Assuming the uniform distribution, the seller will alwaysconfiscatehalf of the grant.
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By contrast, the capital income can be confiscated and the government can eventually own all the capital to run production.
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First, they confiscated large land holdings and introduced state farms.
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In this gigantic hall, one might say, the confiscated mead-benches on which many a warrior had once found his former identity are relocated.
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If the same offence is committed the second time, the cutting and felling tools are confiscated.
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As expected, it was not unusual for landlords toconfiscateany crops that happened to be present.
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Besides initiating lawsuits to regain their estates, royalists also raised loans to purchase from the state confiscated lands, thereby enabling them to maintain their livings.
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The police immediately arrested the ringleaders, and the following day three rightist papers, which had published the pamphlet, were shut down and their editions confiscated.
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Two days ago the psychologist was arrested and his tapes were confiscated.
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For equilibrium prices below the expected value of buyer's valuation, the seller will alwaysconfiscatea part of the grant.
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According to them, the country was bankrupted by an unnecessary war, and upright citizens' lands were confiscated to form unproductive co-operatives.
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They might say that it is in our own interest, collectively, systematically toconfiscateorgans at death, since we might need one at some point.
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