"confiscate" meaning in All languages combined

See confiscate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/ Audio: en-us-confiscate.ogg [US] Forms: confiscate [canonical], confiscates [third-person, singular], confiscated [past], confiscated [past, participle], confiscating [present, participle]
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  1. If you confiscate something, you use your authority to take it from someone.
    Sense id: simple-confiscate-en-verb-7mQa7BXt
     
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