The US customs wanted to confiscate Australian Foreign Minister's Vegemite.
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Confiscate
//ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt//
Synonyms for "confiscate" (59 found)
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Related words (29)
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δημεύω verb (take possession of by authority)
Arabic
1 entries- صَادَر verb (take possession of by authority)
Armenian
2 entries- առգրավել verb (take possession of by authority)
- բռնագրավել verb (take possession of by authority)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- müsadirə etmək verb (take possession of by authority)
Belarusian
3 entries- забра́ць verb (take possession of by authority)
- забіра́ць verb (take possession of by authority)
- канфіскава́ць verb (take possession of by authority)
Bulgarian
1 entries- конфискувам verb (take possession of by authority)
Burmese
1 entries- သိမ်းပိုက် verb (take possession of by authority)
Catalan
2 entries- comissar verb (take possession of by authority)
- confiscar verb (take possession of by authority)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 充公 verb (take possession of by authority)
- 沒收 /没收 verb (take possession of by authority)
Czech
1 entries- zabavit verb (take possession of by authority)
Danish
1 entries- konfiskere verb (take possession of by authority)
Dutch
1 entries- confisqueren verb (take possession of by authority)
Esperanto
1 entries- konfiski verb (take possession of by authority)
Faroese
3 entries- draga inn verb (take possession of by authority)
- leggja hald á verb (take possession of by authority)
- taka frá verb (take possession of by authority)
Finnish
1 entries- takavarikoida verb (take possession of by authority)
French
1 entries- confisquer verb (take possession of by authority)
Galician
1 entries- confiscar verb (take possession of by authority)
Georgian
1 entries- კონფისკაცია verb (take possession of by authority)
German
2 entries- beschlagnahmen verb (take possession of by authority)
- konfiszieren verb (take possession of by authority)
Greek
1 entries- κατάσχω verb (take possession of by authority)
Hebrew
1 entries- החרים verb (take possession of by authority)
Hungarian
3 entries- elkoboz verb (take possession of by authority)
- kisajátít verb (take possession of by authority)
- lefoglal verb (take possession of by authority)
Icelandic
1 entries- gera upptækan verb (take possession of by authority)
Ido
1 entries- konfiskar verb (take possession of by authority)
Indonesian
1 entries- menyita verb (take possession of by authority)
Irish
2 entries- coigistigh verb (take possession of by authority)
- gabh seilbh ar verb (take possession of by authority)
Italian
1 entries- confiscare verb (take possession of by authority)
Japanese
1 entries- 没収する verb (take possession of by authority)
Khmer
1 entries- ដកហូតយក verb (take possession of by authority)
Korean
1 entries- 몰수하다 verb (take possession of by authority)
Latin
3 entries- auferō verb (take possession of by authority)
- cōnfiscō verb (take possession of by authority)
- pūblicō verb (take possession of by authority)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- beschlagnahmen verb (take possession of by authority)
Norman
1 entries- confistchi verb (take possession of by authority)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- dest danîn ser verb (take possession of by authority)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- inndra verb (take possession of by authority)
- konfiskere verb (take possession of by authority)
Persian
1 entries- ضبط کردن verb (take possession of by authority)
Polish
1 entries- konfiskować verb (take possession of by authority)
Portuguese
1 entries- confiscar verb (take possession of by authority)
Romanian
1 entries- confisca verb (take possession of by authority)
Russian
3 entries- изъя́ть verb (take possession of by authority)
- изыма́ть verb (take possession of by authority)
- конфискова́ть verb (take possession of by authority)
Slovak
1 entries- zhabať verb (take possession of by authority)
Slovene
2 entries- zasegati verb (take possession of by authority)
- zaseči verb (take possession of by authority)
Spanish
3 entries- confiscar verb (take possession of by authority)
- decomisar verb (take possession of by authority)
- incautar verb (take possession of by authority)
Swedish
1 entries- konfiskera verb (take possession of by authority)
Tamil
3 entries- பறிமுதல் செய் verb (take possession of by authority)
- பறிமுதல் பண்ணு verb (take possession of by authority)
- பிடுங்கு verb (take possession of by authority)
Telugu
1 entries- జప్తు చేయు verb (take possession of by authority)
Thai
2 entries- ยึด verb (take possession of by authority)
- ริบ verb (take possession of by authority)
Turkish
1 entries- el koymak verb (take possession of by authority)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́лучити verb (take possession of by authority)
- вилуча́ти verb (take possession of by authority)
- відбира́ти verb (take possession of by authority)
- відібра́ти verb (take possession of by authority)
Urdu
1 entries- قبضے میں لینا verb (take possession of by authority)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tịch thu verb (take possession of by authority)
- tịch thâu verb (take possession of by authority)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I'll have to confiscate your knife.
Source: tatoeba (2540164)
We're going to have to confiscate your files.
Source: tatoeba (3726962)
Teachers are authorized to confiscate students' smartphones if they use them in class.
Source: tatoeba (9938267)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.