confiscate
merampas
definition
verb
the guards confiscated his camera
take or seize (someone's property) with authority.
translation of 'confiscate'
verb
merampas
example
Thus, we don't jail people without trial or 'confiscate' their property without a hearing.
Where appropriate they also 'confiscate' alcohol from under age drinkers.
As part of the deal, the city would even 'confiscate' land from private owners so that the Rangers owners could engage in real estate speculation.
Protesters called upon the government to 'confiscate' its property.
There was of course a danger that the serfowners might 'confiscate' land from the peasants, forcing all their holdings down to the minimum.
If you violate the country's camera use rules, they may 'confiscate' your equipment and we have absolutely no recourse.
They will have no powers of arrest, but will be able to issue fixed penalties and 'confiscate' alcohol.
Police would be called if a need to 'confiscate' equipment arose.
This law is seldom enforced, but the next morning the authorities agreed to 'confiscate' our little chimpanzee.
Did he have the right to 'confiscate' Electoral land?
There will be new powers to fine noisy neighbours £100 and 'confiscate' stereo equipment.
He says only that he does not intend to expand the building lines or 'confiscate' new land for settlements.
This is considered such a serious crime that, if caught, the law has the authority to 'confiscate' the vehicle.
The order, once implemented, would give officers powers to stop someone drinking in a public place and to 'confiscate' any alcohol.
They could destroy or 'confiscate' property, without compensation.
Many lands were 'confiscated' and many Royalists were rewarded for their loyalty to the crown.
Proving once again that a primary function of government is the obsessive pursuit of finding new ways to bleed the public by 'confiscatory' taxation, the State of Oregon will implement a program to tax the odometers on vehicles.
The process is already under way and should result, later this year, in new legislation both strengthening conviction-based 'confiscations' and introducing civil forfeiture.
I took a photo, to show you the unbelievable filth, but they 'confiscated' my camera.
No-one caught smoking pot on south London streets will be treated to anything more than a caution and the 'confiscation' of their stash.
The new 'confiscatory' approach to cannabis has spread to other London boroughs, in particular, neighbouring Southwark.
Such property should be 'confiscated' and used for public purposes or auctioned publicly.
All unused land would be 'confiscated' by the State, and the banks should be immediately nationalised.
Pius IX never forgave Piedmont, ‘the subalpine usurper’ and 'confiscator' of his Temporal Power.
Approved were 15 changes to the Constitution, most notably a new clause that the nation would ‘respect and ensure human rights’ and lines that say the government must compensate people for property it 'confiscates' in the public interest.
The ‘ 'confiscators' ’ had a terrible attitude and even called in security personnel to forcibly remove news photographers from the scene.
It was the first time the authorities had 'confiscated' vessels in their battle to clamp down on illegal fishing.
This includes 'confiscation' of computers if police believe that a record of a firearm is contained therein.
These rules, beliefs, and organizations can protect property rights and allow change to take place, or they can be 'confiscatory' and protective of the status quo, or they can be somewhere between these two extremes.
Three million acres of Maori land were 'confiscated' , some restored, but the sale and loss of Maori territory continued.
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