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Confiscate Pronunciation
Confiscate is pronounced KAHN-fuh-skayt, IPA /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/.
KAHN-fuh-skayt
US /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/ · UK /ˈkɒnfɪˌskeɪt/
Syllables: KAHN · fuh · skayt (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
verb: To seize a person's property as a punishment or under a legal power.
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Confiscate in a Sentence
- Border officers can confiscate undeclared cash.
- The school will confiscate any phone it sees.
- A court can confiscate assets bought with the proceeds.
Common Mispronunciations of Confiscate
Not kuhn-FI-skayt
The opening beat is the loud one in this verb, and the noun confiscation is the form that moves it along to KAY.
Not KAHN-fy-skayt
That middle beat is colourless, a quick fuh, in spite of the i written there.
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