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单词 confiscate
释义 confiscate
 —confiscatable,  adj.   —confiscation,  n.   —confiscator,  n.  
 /kon"feuh skayt', keuhn fis"kayt/,  v.  , confiscated, confiscating,  adj.  
  v.t.  
  1. to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
  2. to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily: The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.
  adj.  
  3. seized.
 [1525-35; < L confiscatus (ptp. of confiscare to seize for the public treasury), equiv. to con- CON- + fisc(us) basket, moneybag, public treasury (see FISCAL) + -atus -ATE1]
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