English-Thai Dictionary

confiscate

VT ยึดทรัพย์  yued-sab

 

confiscate from

PHRV ยึด จาก  ริบ มาจาก  yued-jak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFISCATE

v.t.[L., a basket, hamper or bag; hence, revenue or the Emperors treasure. ] To adjudge to be forfeited to the public treasury, as the goods or estate of a traitor or other criminal, by way of penalty; or to condemn private forfeited property to public use. The estate of the rebels was seized and confiscated.

 

CONFISCATE

a.Forfeited and adjudged to the public treasury, as the goods of a criminal.

 

CONFISCATED

pp. Adjudged to the public treasury, as forfeited goods or estate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFISCATE

Con "fis *cate ( or, a. Etym: [L. confiscatus, p.p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop. , to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal. ]

 

Defn: Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.

 

CONFISCATE

Con "fis *cate ( or, v. t. [imp & p. p. Confiscated; p.pr & vb. n.Confiscating. ]

 

Defn: To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use. It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

confiscate

con fis cate |ˈkänfəˌskāt ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] take or seize (someone's property ) with authority: the guards confiscated his camera | (as adj. confiscated ) : confiscated equipment. • take (a possession, esp. land ) as a penalty and give it to the public treasury: the government confiscated his property. DERIVATIVES con fis ca tor |-ˌskātər |noun, con fis ca to ry |kənˈfiskəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin confiscat- ‘put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury, ’ from the verb confiscare, based on con- ‘together ’ + fiscus ‘chest, treasury. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

confiscate

confiscate |ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] take or seize (someone's property ) with authority: the guards confiscated his camera | (as adj. confiscated ) : confiscated equipment. • appropriate (something, especially land ) to the public treasury as a penalty. DERIVATIVES confiscator noun, confiscatory |kənˈfɪskət (ə )ri |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin confiscat- ‘put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury ’, from the verb confiscare, based on con- ‘together ’ + fiscus ‘chest, treasury ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

confiscate

confiscate verb the guards confiscated his camera: impound, seize, commandeer, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequester, sequestrate, take (away ); Law distrain. ANTONYMS return.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

confiscate

confiscate verb the guards confiscated his camera: impound, seize, commandeer, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, take possession of, sequester, sequestrate, take away, take over, take, annex; Law distrain, attach, disseize; Scottish Law poind. ANTONYMS return.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

confiscate

con fis cate /kɑ́nfɪskèɪt |kɔ́n -/動詞 他動詞 【人などから 】〈財産 土地 証拠品など 〉を没収 [押収 ]する «from » .形容詞 没収 [押収 ]された .con fis ca to ry /kənfɪ́skətɔ̀ːri |-t (ə )ri /形容詞 押収の, 没収の .