Confiscate vs Deprive - What's the difference?
confiscate | deprive |
To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
(obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit
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To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.
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* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
As verbs the difference between confiscate and deprive
is that confiscate is to use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder while deprive is to take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.As an adjective confiscate
is confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.confiscate
English
Verb
(confiscat)- In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.
Synonyms
* (take possession of)See also
* confiscationAdjective
(-)- Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate .
- Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
deprive
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Verb
(depriv)- "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
- If we had been deprived' of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be ' deprived of philosophy.