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

• 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。
• Allowing me to confiscate all your assets.
  授权我来查抄你所有的资产。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Then why'd your goon confiscate my files?
  那为什么你们这些打手要查我的档案？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。