Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - confiscate
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Confiscate
confiscate
I. adjective Etymology: Latin confiscatus, past participle of confiscare to ~, from com- + fiscus treasury Date: circa 1533 1. appropriated by the government ; forfeited 2. deprived of property by confiscation II. transitive verb (-cated; -cating) Date: 1552 1. to seize as forfeited to the public treasury 2. to seize by or as if by authority • confiscation noun • confiscator noun • confiscatory adjective
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v.tr. 1 take or seize by authority. 2 appropriate to the public treasury (by way of a penalty). Derivatives confiscable adj. confiscation n. confiscator n. confiscatory adj. Etymology: L confiscare (as com-, fiscare f. fiscus treasury) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. конфискованный; реквизированный 2. лишенный имущества (по конфискации) 3. конфисковать, реквизировать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. конфисковать, реквизировать у кого-л. (from) The state used to confiscate land from those who opposed the king. The teacher had to confiscate a dangerous weapon from the child. Syn: see usurp ...Англо-русский словарь
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(confiscates, confiscating, confiscated) If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment. There is concern that police use the law to confiscate assets from people who have committed minor offences... They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material. = seize VERB: V n from n, V n • confiscation (confiscations) The new laws allow the confiscation of assets purchased with proceeds of the drugs trade. = seizure N-VAR: oft N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v to officially take private property away from someone, usually as a punishment (Miss Williams confiscated all our sweets.) - confiscation n (the confiscation of pornographic material) - confiscatory adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1552, originally, "to appropriate for the treasury," from L. confiscatus pp. of confiscare, from com- "together" + fiscus "public treasury," lit. "money basket." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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