Confiscate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 没收, 充公
• ［英］ v. 没收, 充公 ( to seize private property for the public treasury)
• ［记］ con＋fisc ( 钱财) ＋ate -> 钱财归大家 -> 充公
• ［同］ 同根词: fiscal ( 财政的, 国库的) ; confiscation ( 没收)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Latin confiscatus, past participle of confiscare to confiscate, 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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