confiscate

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
 * In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.
 * 1) * 1768, (translator), The History of Hindostan by, London: T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt, Volume 2, Section 4, p. 63,
 * The Persian having evacuated the imperial provinces, the vizier became more cruel and oppressive than ever: he extorted money from the poor by tortures, and confiscated the estates of the nobility, upon false or very frivolous pretences.
 * The Persian having evacuated the imperial provinces, the vizier became more cruel and oppressive than ever: he extorted money from the poor by tortures, and confiscated the estates of the nobility, upon false or very frivolous pretences.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: müsadirə etmək
 * Belarusian: канфіскава́ць, забіра́ць, забра́ць
 * Bulgarian: конфискувам
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: konfiskere
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: leggja hald á, draga inn, taka frá
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: კონფისკაცია
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δημεύω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: upptækur
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: gabh seilbh ar, coigistigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ដកហូតយក
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin:, cōnfiscō,
 * Luxembourgish: beschlagnahmen
 * Norman: confistchi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: inndra, konfiskere
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: zhabať
 * Slovene: zasegati, zaseči
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: జప్తు చేయు
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: конфіскува́ти,, ви́лучити, відбира́ти, відібра́ти
 * Urdu: قبضے میں لینا
 * Vietnamese: tịch thâu,
 * Volapük:

Adjective

 * 1)  Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.