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

• Police also confiscate the land of families and tell the people they will be killed if they farm on the land.
  警察还没收专职人员家人的田地，警告人们说，如果他们在那块地里种庄稼就杀掉他们。
• Yes, they are not allowed on board the train. We're going to have to confiscate them.
  是的，这个是不允许携带的。我们必须没收。
• I confiscate them all in the name of the king.
  我以国王的名义没收它们。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I will confiscate your cal sweatshirt.
  我就要没收你的cal运动衫了。