confiscar

v.

to confiscate.

La corte interviene sus bienes The court seized his belongings.

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confiscar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to confiscate

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VT to confiscate

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verbo transitivo <contrabando/armas> to confiscate, seize; (para uso del estado) to requisition

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= confiscate, hijack, requisition.

Ex. Under the Treaty of Riga in 1922, the return of important library collections and national archives confiscated by Russia in 1772 was secured.

Ex. Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.

Ex. The delay could have been avoided, if senior officials were empowered to requisition aircraft from any operator.

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verbo transitivo <contrabando/armas> to confiscate, seize; (para uso del estado) to requisition

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= confiscate, hijack, requisition.

Ex: Under the Treaty of Riga in 1922, the return of important library collections and national archives confiscated by Russia in 1772 was secured.

Ex: Information may have been hijacked as the province of computer operators rather than librarians.

Ex: The delay could have been avoided, if senior officials were empowered to requisition aircraft from any operator.

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confiscar [A2 ]

vt

1 ‹contrabando/armas› to confiscate, seize

2 (para uso del estado) to requisition

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confiscar (conjugate confiscar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹contrabando/armas› to confiscate, seize

b) (para uso del estado) to requisition

confiscar verbo transitivo to confiscate, seize: tengo que confiscar esos caramelos, I have to confiscate those sweets
'confiscar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
requisar
English:
confiscate
- seize

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confiscar vt

to confiscate

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confiscar

v/t confiscate

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confiscar {72} vt

decomisar: to confiscate, to seize