transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒnfɪskeɪt ]
( 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
• con‧fis‧ca‧tion
(confiscations)
The new laws allow the confiscation of assets purchased with proceeds of the drugs trade.
= seizure
N-VAR : oft N of n