How do you say “confiscate” in Vietnamese?

“Confiscate” in Vietnamese is tịch thu (to confiscate), sung công (to confiscate).

Vietnamese words for “confiscate”

• tịch thuListenverb
  Hanoi [tïk̟̚˧˨ʔ tʰu˧˧] · Saigon [tɨt̚˨˩˨ tʰʊw˧˧]tịch heavy thu level

  to confiscate

  for “confiscate” meaning: To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

• sung côngListenverb
  Hanoi [sʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwŋ͡m˧˧] · Saigon [ʂʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]sung level công level

  to confiscate; to expropriate

Related Vietnamese words

• thu giữListenverb

  to seize; to confiscate

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.