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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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

• 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。
• Make maximum use of available legislation to confiscate the proceeds of drug trafficking.
  善用现行法律以充公贩毒得益。
• Cops here immediately confiscate our license and impound our vehicle too on the spot.
  警察当场就没收了我们的驾照，扣押了我们的汽车。
• To confiscate all your personal items.
  没收你所有的私人物品。
• You're not supposed to bring fresh fruit into the United States. I'll have to confiscate them.
  你不应该把新鲜水果带入美国，我得把它们没收。
• In China they may shoot the owner and confiscate the company.
  而在中国你会被枪毙，公司会被充公。
• Allowing me to confiscate all your assets.
  授权我来查抄你所有的资产。
• We've been authorized to confiscate all relevant materials.
  我们有权没收任何相关的材料。
• They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.
  他们没收了武器、弹药和宣传材料。
• That's because the government would, in effect, confiscate workers'gains in their personal accounts by cutting those workers'benefits.
  因为实际上政府会通过减少工人的福利而将他们个人帐户中的收益充公。