confiscate

con·fis·cate

Use confiscate in a sentence

A teacher confiscates a students cellphone.

verb

To confiscate is for an authority figure to take something away, often as a penalty.

An example of confiscate is to take a student’s cell phone after they used it during classtime.

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confiscate

transitive verb

-·cat·ed, -·cat·ing

to seize (private property) for the public treasury, usually as a penalty
to seize by or as by authority; appropriate

Origin of confiscate

from Classical Latin confiscatus, past participle of confiscare, to lay up in a chest from com-, together + fiscus, money basket, public treasury: see fiscal

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confiscate

transitive verb

con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates

To seize (private property) for the public treasury, especially as a penalty for wrongdoing.
To seize by authority: The teacher confiscated all the comic books we had in class. See Synonyms at appropriate.

adjective

Seized by a government; appropriated.
Having lost property through confiscation.

Origin of confiscate

Latin cōnfiscāre cōnfiscāt com- com- fiscus treasury

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con′fis·ca′tion
noun

con′fis·ca′tor
noun

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confiscate. (n.d.). Retrieved February 06th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Confiscate

Verb

(third-person singular simple present confiscates, present participle confiscating, simple past and past participle confiscated)

To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

Adjective

(not comparable)