📱confiscate (kon-fis-ket)

verb
/ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/
confiscar (kon-fis-kar)

Meaning

to take something away officially, often as a punishment
Traducción del significado
quitar algo de manera oficial, generalmente como castigo
ki-tar al-go de ma-ne-ra o-fi-sial, gen-er-al-men-te kom-o kas-ti-go

Oraciones de ejemplo

The teacher confiscated the student's phone during class.

La profesora confiscó el teléfono del estudiante durante la clase.
La profesora kon-fis-kó el te-le-fó-no del es-tu-dian-te du-ran-te la cla-se.

Expresiones de ejemplo

confiscate property
confiscar propiedad
kon-fis-kar pro-pie-dad

Synonyms

seize, impound, appropriate, expropriate, take

Antonyms

return, give back, restore

Colocaciones

confiscate goods, confiscate property, confiscated items, confiscate weapons

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