confisquer

kɔ̃fiskɛ

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of confisquer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

autoritésaisir et garder des objets par acte d'autorité

La police a confisqué son téléphone pendant l'enquête.

saisir

séquestrer

monopoliseraccaparer complètement quelqu'un ou son temps

Son travail confisque tout son temps libre.

accaparer

monopoliser

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Origin of confisquer

latin, confiscare (prendre)

Terms with confisquer included in their meaning

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priver

confisquer

enlever ou retirer quelque chose à quelqu'un

saisie de biens

procédure judiciaire

action légale de bloquer ou confisquer les biens de quelqu'un

saisir

droit

confisquer légalement des biens

bien insaisissable

adj.

droit

impossible à confisquer selon la loi

mastère

antiquité

magistrat athénien chargé de confisquer les biens des proscrits

Examples of confisquer in a sentence

Les douaniers ont confisqué les marchandises illégales à la frontière.
Les soucis familiaux confisquent son esprit chaque jour.
Cette passion a confisqué toute sa jeunesse.

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English:confiscate, monopolize, ...
German:beschlagnahmen, in Beschlag nehmen, ...
Italian:confiscare, assorbire, ...
Spanish:confiscar, acaparar, ...
Portuguese:confiscar, monopolizar, ...
Chinese:没收, 占据, ...
Japanese:押収する, 独占する, ...
Arabic:صادر, استحوذ على, ...
Hebrew:לִתְפּוֹס וְלִשְׁמוֹר, לְהִשְׁתַּלֵּט לַחֲלוּטִין, ...
Russian:конфисковать, забирать всё время, ...
Ukrainian:конфіскувати, заволодіти, ...
Catalan:confiscar, acaparar, ...
Danish:konfiskere, optage, ...
Dutch:in beslag nemen, alles in beslag nemen, ...
Greek:κατασχέτω, καταλαμβάνω, ...
Khmer:រឹបអូស, កាន់កាប់, ...
Korean:압수하다, 독차지하다, ...
Polish:konfiskować, zawłaszczać, ...
Portuguese (BR):confiscar, monopolizar, ...
Romanian:a confisca, a acapara, ...
Swedish:konfiskera, monopolisera, ...
Thai:ยึด, ผูกขาดเวลา, ...
Turkish:el koymak, tüm zamanını almak, ...
Vietnamese:tịch thu, chiếm trọn, ...

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