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confiscate
What does confiscate mean?
confiscate (verb): to use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use confiscate in a sentence?
- In schools, it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce confiscate?
/ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does confiscate come from?
Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to confiscate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “confiscate” mean?
to love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection
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to affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against
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to assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose
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to use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder
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