confiscate
con-(together) + fiscus(chest, treasury)
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verb with object
take or seize (someone's property) with authority: 権威で(誰かの資産を)取る、奪い取る
【人などから】〈財産・土地・証拠品など〉を没収, 押収する «from» .
e.g. the guards confiscated his camera: その守衛たちは彼のカメラを没収した。
e.g. (as adjective confiscated) : confiscated equipment.: 没収された装備
take (a possession, especially land) as a penalty and give it to the public treasury: (所有物、特に土地を)罰として取り、それを公的な保管庫に与える
e.g. the government confiscated his property.: 政府は彼の資産を押収した。
DERIVATIVES
confiscator | ˈkänfəˌskādər | noun
confiscatory | kənˈfiskəˌtôrē | adjective
ORIGIN
mid 16th century: from Latin confiscat- ‘put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury’, from the verb confiscare, based on con- ‘together’ + fiscus ‘chest, treasury’.