confiscate

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

con·fis·cate (kŏnʹfĭ-skāt')tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates
1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury.
2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.adj. (kŏnʹfĭ-skāt', kən-fĭsʹkət)
1. Seized by a government; appropriated.
2. Having lost property through confiscation. [Latin cōnfiscāre, cōnfiscāt : com-, com- + fiscus, treasury.] con'fis·caʹtion n.conʹfis·ca'tor n.con·fisʹca·to'ry (kən-fĭsʹkə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  forfeit, forfeited, impound, attach, sequester, seize