1540s, from Middle French confiscation, from Latin confiscationem (nominative confiscatio), noun of action from past participle stem of confiscare (see confiscate).
权威例句
1. The new laws allow the confiscation of assets purchased with proceeds of the drugs trade.
新的法律允许没收用毒品交易所获收益购置的资产。
2. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
没收一切流亡分子和叛乱分子的财产.
3. Confiscation of smuggled property is part of the penalty for certain offences.
没收走私财产是对某些犯罪予以惩罚的一部分.
4. Confiscation is distinct from expropriation.
没收与征用不同.
5. If confiscation once began, it was he - the worker and the saver - who would be looted.