confiscation(名词):没收;充公;(官方/当局)强制夺取财物。常指政府、法院或执法机构依法或以权力为依据把个人或组织的财产收走。(也可引申为“被没收的财物/没收行为”)
/ˌkɑːn.fɪˈskeɪ.ʃən/
The police carried out the confiscation of illegal drugs.
警方执行了对非法毒品的没收。
The new regulations led to the confiscation of assets that could not be traced to legal income, sparking public debate about fairness and due process.
新法规导致对无法追溯到合法收入的资产进行没收,引发了公众对公平性与正当程序的讨论。
来自拉丁语 confiscare,本义与“把财物归入国库(fiscus,国库)”相关,后来在英语中固定为“(由官方)没收、充公”的法律与行政语境用词。