English-Dutch translations for confiscate

• confisqueren
  Ik roep de financiële instellingen die deze gestolen middelen in bewaring houden, op om de betreffende fondsen te bevriezen en te confisqueren. I call on the financial institutions that hold these stolen funds to freeze them or confiscate them.
  Het dreigement om quota te confisqueren is bedoeld om boeren slechte regelingen op de dringen en te dwingen om quota tegen hun zin te verkopen. The threat to confiscate quota is an attempt to pressure farmers into poor arrangements and to sell against their will.
  Men is zelfs de potloden in de scholen gaan confisqueren, omdat, naar men zegt, Saddam met grafietstiften atoombommen zou maken! Pencils have even been confiscated from schools because it is said that Saddam Hussein would make atomic bombs from graphite mines!
• verbeurdverklaren

Definition of confiscate

• To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder
• Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit

Examples

• In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

Related words

• confiscation
• confiscated
• confiscating
• confiscator