English-French translations for confiscate

• confisquer
  De confisquer des milliers d'hectares chez son premier voisin? To confiscate thousands of hectares from your neighbours?
  Elles parviennent donc forcément à confisquer des quantités de drogues de plus en plus grandes. They are therefore managing to confiscate larger amounts of drugs.
  J’invite les institutions financières qui détiennent ces fonds volés à les geler ou à les confisquer. I call on the financial institutions that hold these stolen funds to freeze them or confiscate them.

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