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

• 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。
• They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.
  他们没收了武器、弹药和宣传材料。
• China's Customs offices were granted authority to investigate any suspected shipment and confiscate the goods in case infringement was proved.
  中国海关被授权检查任何被怀疑侵权的装运货物，并在证明属实的情况下没收货物。
• Less than three months ago, federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging.
  不到三个月前，联邦的人在政府打击非法采伐的行动中关闭了这里的锯木厂，没收了木头并且捣毁了烧炭用的熔炉。
• We'll have to confiscate this object.
  我们要没收这些物品。
• 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。
• I'm sorry I'm going to have to confiscate these.
  对不起，这些要扣留。
• To confiscate all your personal items.
  没收你所有的私人物品。
• The copyright administrative authorities may confiscate their illegal income or impose a fine on them.
  由著作权行政管理部门给予没收非法所得、罚款等行政处分。
• And I will confiscate your cal sweatshirt.
  我就要没收你的cal运动衫了。