confiscate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·fis·cate [confiscate confiscates confiscated confiscating] BrE [ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt] NAmE [ˈkɑːnfɪskeɪt] verb ~ sth
to officially take sth away from sb, especially as a punishment
•Their land was confiscated after the war.
•The teacher threatened to confiscate their phones if they kept using them in class.
Derived Word: ↑confiscation
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Latin confiscat- ‘put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury’, from the verb confiscare, based on con- ‘together’ + fiscus ‘chest, treasury’.

Example Bank:
•Our belongings were temporarily confiscated.
•The teacher threatened to confiscate their yo-yos if they kept playing in class.

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