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外刊例句
- The emperor and his officials sometimes confiscated inventions and prevented their spread.
皇帝和官员们有时会将发明创造没收充公，严禁传播普及。
——《经济学人》 - There was no hint that the older man who called a couple of years back about selling a picture could be sitting on an unimaginable trove of art confiscated or banned by the Nazis.
几年前那个老人打电话来说有一幅画要卖时，没人能想象他手中掌握着的是一个难以置信的宝藏，全是被纳粹没收或查封的艺术品。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] to officially take sth away from sb, especially as a punishment
[动词] （尤指作为惩罚）没收，把…充公
深入解读
Confiscate 源自拉丁语 confiscatus ，由con （和，一起） + fiscus （国库，详见：小词详解 | fiscal ）构成，主要表示“通过行使权力来没收或者充公某人的物品或财产”，大到犯罪分子的违法所得（confiscate illegal gains），小到上课时偷看的连环画。
Confiscate 与上一期熟词僻义讲到的 appropriate 虽然不同但又有相通之处。通的是都需要行使权力，不同的是前者意在没收或充公，而后者意在占为己用。有时候这两者也会同时发生，比如在美国禁酒令实施期间，一些治安官在查抄和没收（confiscate）私酒后，会在未经授权许可的情况下将其占为己有用于自饮（appropriate）。
名人用例
Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
列宁宣称，摧毁资本主义最好的方法是摧毁其通货。通过一个持续的通货膨胀过程，政府可以秘密而隐蔽地把国民的大部分财富收为国有。
出自英国经济学家约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯（John Maynard Keynes, 1883年6月5日－1946年4月21日）。一反自18世纪亚当·斯密以来尊重市场机制、反对人为干预的经济学思想，凯恩斯主张政府应积极扮演经济舵手的角色，透过财政与货币政策来对抗经济衰退乃至于经济萧条。
常见短语
“confiscate” 这个词指的是强行没收或查封某物，通常由政府或法律权威执行。下面是50个包含这个词的短语以及它们的中文解释：
- confiscate property – 没收财产
- confiscate assets – 没收资产
- confiscate contraband – 查封走私品
- confiscate goods – 没收货物
- confiscate money – 没收金钱
- confiscate documents – 查封文件
- confiscate illegal items – 查封非法物品
- confiscate proceeds – 没收收益
- confiscate contraband goods – 查封走私货物
- confiscate firearms – 查封枪支
- confiscate drugs – 查封毒品
- confiscate evidence – 查封证据
- confiscate contraband items – 查封走私物品
- confiscate counterfeit money – 查封假币
- confiscate smuggled goods – 查封走私商品
- confiscate stolen property – 查封偷盗财产
- confiscate prohibited items – 查封禁品
- confiscate illegal weapons – 查封非法武器
- confiscate unregistered vehicles – 查封未注册车辆
- confiscate illicit substances – 查封违禁物质
- confiscate undeclared items – 查封未申报物品
- confiscate smuggled drugs – 查封走私毒品
- confiscate counterfeit goods – 查封假冒商品
- confiscate unauthorized materials – 查封未经授权材料
- confiscate unlicensed merchandise – 查封未经许可的商品
- confiscate illegal merchandise – 查封非法商品
- confiscate pirated products – 查封盗版产品
- confiscate illegal substances – 查封非法物质
- confiscate smuggled contraband – 查封走私违禁品
- confiscate unapproved items – 查封未获批准物品
- confiscate unauthorized goods – 查封未经授权的货物
- confiscate black-market items – 查封黑市物品
- confiscate unregistered firearms – 查封未注册枪支
- confiscate counterfeit currency – 查封假币
- confiscate illegal wildlife products – 查封非法野生动植物产品
- confiscate unlicensed equipment – 查封未经许可的设备
- confiscate illegal artwork – 查封非法艺术品
- confiscate counterfeit documents – 查封假文件
- confiscate smuggled valuables – 查封走私贵重物品
- confiscate unapproved drugs – 查封未经批准的药物
- confiscate unauthorized software – 查封未经授权的软件
- confiscate illegal fishing gear – 查封非法渔具
- confiscate unlicensed products – 查封未经许可的产品
- confiscate smuggled artifacts – 查封走私文物
- confiscate counterfeit merchandise – 查封假冒商品
- confiscate unregistered boats – 查封未注册船只
- confiscate prohibited substances – 查封禁止物质
- confiscate unauthorized books – 查封未经授权的书籍
- confiscate smuggled antiques – 查封走私古董
- confiscate unapproved chemicals – 查封未经批准的化学品
这些短语展示了”confiscate“这个词在描述强行查封、没收违禁物品、非法资产以及法律执法方面的用法。
同近义词
- impound: (of the police, courts of law, etc.) to take sth away from sb, so that they cannot use it
- forfeit: lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing
- expropriate: (formal or law) (of a government or an authority) to officially take away private property from its owner for public use
