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Synonyms for confiscate
ˈkɒn fəˌskeɪt, kənˈfɪs keɪtcon·fis·cate
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confiscate, forfeit, forfeitedverb
surrendered as a penalty
Antonyms:
wonimpound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seizeverb
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
"The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
Synonyms:
clutch, get hold of, tie, set apart, arrogate, sequester, capture, withdraw, attach, prehend, seclude, isolate, impound, assume, pound, keep apart, conquer, usurp, bind, grab, sequestrate, take over, seize, appropriate, bondAntonyms:
won
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confiscateverb
Synonyms:
cause to be forfeited, condemn to public use
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List of paraphrases for "confiscate":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1152 | appropriate | |
#3261 | bond | |
#3354 | assume | |
#3548 | resume | |
#4006 | capture | |
#4607 | tie | |
#4910 | pound | |
#6448 | attach | |
#6857 | retain | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7552 | grab | |
#7851 | deny | |
#7911 | dis | |
#8275 | bind | |
#9542 | possess | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#11162 | clutch | |
#16211 | conquer | |
#16925 | isolate | |
#18031 | seize | |
#23641 | withhold | |
#29516 | forfeit | |
#29755 | forfeited | |
#43715 | confiscation | |
#67809 | confiscate | |
#73203 | impound | |
#73258 | usurp | |
#115009 | sequester | |
#140736 | expropriate | |
#172907 | escheat | |
#215987 | confiscates | |
#248023 | arrogate | |
#310890 | seclude |
How to use confiscate in a sentence?
No one is calling out the National Guard. No one is cutting off your electricity, or turning off the Internet. No one is going door-to-door to confiscate guns, these laws are intended to keep Virginians safe. Period. It's time to act.
The Commission will not be looking at ways to confiscate those weapons or abrogate the second amendment, but what we will be doing is looking at specific age limits for the purchase of specific kinds of weapons.
After the agreements are made, China will share intelligence with the U.S. and Australia, which will also offer information to their enforcement agencies to conduct further investigations, once law enforcement officers in the U.S. and Australia identify illegal funds, they will immediately initiate judicial procedures to freeze and confiscate those criminal proceeds in their countries.
Unfortunately it's a common problem in just about every country in the world, when you confiscate condoms, studies again and again show that condoms are less likely to be used. Commercial sex is going to take place in more risky venues, where the women selling sex are more vulnerable to violence, extortion, robbery, assault, gang rape.
I’m a very pro-law enforcement person, but I don’t think that my brothers and sisters at the Illinois State Police should be allowed to confiscate firearms for basically what are procedural violations, it says they can take away your firearm if your FOID card expired.
Translations for confiscate
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- مصادرةArabic
- конфискувамBulgarian
- confiscarCatalan, Valencian
- zabavitCzech
- konfiskereDanish
- konfiszierenGerman
- κατάσχωGreek
- konfiskiEsperanto
- decomisar, confiscarSpanish
- ضبط کردنPersian
- takavarikoidaFinnish
- leggja hald á, draga inn, taka fráFaroese
- confisquerFrench
- coigistigh, gabh seilbh arIrish
- confiscarGalician
- החריםHebrew
- elkoboz, lefoglal, elkobozHungarian
- բռնագրավել, առգրավելArmenian
- menyitaIndonesian
- confiscarInterlingue
- konfiskarIdo
- upptækurIcelandic
- confiscareItalian
- 没収Japanese
- ដកហូតយកKhmer
- 몰수하다, 몰수Korean
- confisquerenDutch
- konfiskereNorwegian
- konfiskowaćPolish
- confiscarPortuguese
- confiscaRomanian
- изымать, конфисковать, изъятьRussian
- zhabaťSlovak
- konfiskeraSwedish
- జప్తు చేయుTelugu
- ยึด, ริบThai
- конфіскуватиUkrainian
- قبضے میں لیناUrdu
- tịch thâuVietnamese
- 没Chinese
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