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

• We're here to confiscate the portrait.
  我们来就是要没收这张画。
• I really hope we get to confiscate all this stuff.
  我真的希望可以开始没收这些玩意了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We've been authorized to confiscate all relevant materials.
  我们有权没收任何相关的材料。
• And you had no right to confiscate his collection.
  你们没有权利没收他的收藏品。
• They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.
  他们没收了武器、弹药和宣传材料。
• Then why'd your goon confiscate my files?
  那为什么你们这些打手要查我的档案？