confiscare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- confiscate verb To officially take away someone's property, often as a punishment or under legal authority.
- distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
- impress verb To have a strong, often admiring, effect on someone.
Senses
confiscare is used for these senses in English:
- confiscate (transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
- distress (legal) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
- impress (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
distress — full definition
- noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
- verb To cause someone anxiety, pain, or worry.