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Term: confiscare
Definition: Confiscare means taking away someone's property by the government. It is like when a teacher takes away a toy from a student who is not following the rules. The government takes away property to punish people who have broken the law or to use it for the benefit of the country.
Definition: To take someone's property away for the government.
Examples:
The examples show that confiscare means taking someone's property away for the government. In the first example, the police took the drugs found in the suspect's car. In the second example, the government took the land from the farmers to build a new highway.