Confiscate (verb)
[kon-fuh-skeyt] / ˈkɒn fəˌskeɪt /
Meaning: to take away something, for security or legal reasons.
When something is taken away with authority, we can say it has been confiscated.
A confiscation can be done for security or legal reasons, or to follow some rules, or even as a punishment.
Imagine you are in a classroom. There is a strict rule that mobiles are not allowed. But you sneaked in a mobile in your bag and tried to check the game score during the class. The teacher saw you and took away your mobile, as punishment.
The teacher confiscated your mobile.
Imagine you went to Paris and you bought a nice camera. When you returned, the airport security said that you cannot bring it without a receipt, so they took it away.
They confiscated you camera.
Other forms of Confiscate:
Confiscation (noun)
I knew the teacher was strict, but the confiscation of comic books? That’s just ridiculous.
Confiscated, Confiscating, Confiscates (verb)
Confiscating illegal red sandalwood is the primary responsibility of the forest officer.
More examples using Confiscate:
- After the gangster was arrested, the police confiscated all his illegal assets.
- My dad confiscated my mobile because he saw me using it while eating.
- The local police confiscated my drone, they said it’s a security violation.
- John took pictures of celebrity. The celebrity’s bodyguard took the camera and said, “I will give you the camera back but I have to confiscate the memory card.”
