Meaning of confiscate in English

Examples of confiscate

confiscate
The rice she and her husband had stashed throughout the house had been confiscated by police.
From CNN
Not all socialists, though, want to confiscate personal property.
From CNN
The company confiscated his laptop computer and unceremoniously escorted him out the door for reasons he says he still doesn't understand.
Others were confiscated in a truck stop early this morning.
From ABC News
As soon as she passed through customs, the woman who she'd be "working" for confiscated her passport.
From CNN
Customs officials confiscated the gold and are investigating.
From ABC News
Fishermen are threatened and their fishing equipment confiscated by pirates.
Agents confiscated a cellphone, a plastic bag containing "a white powdery substance" and bags of documents and paperwork.
A police detective interviewed people who attended the parties and confiscated more than a dozen cellphones.
Police have even confiscated small-engine scooters belonging to delivery men.
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Translations of confiscate

in Chinese (Traditional)
(通常指作爲懲罰)沒收,把…充公…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(通常指作为惩罚)没收,把…充公…
in Spanish
confiscar, decomisar…
in Portuguese
confiscar…
in more languages
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in French
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
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in Russian
in Italian
zorla el koymak, zaptetmek…
confisquer…
zabavit…
konfiskere…
menyita…
ยึดทรัพย์…
tịch thu…
konfiskować…
merampas…
beschlagnahmen…
beslaglegge, konfiskere…
конфисковывать…
confiscare…
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