没収する
解説 Definition
confiscating は confiscate（没収する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。規則や法律に基づいて、物を取り上げている動作を表します。
The present participle or gerund of confiscate, referring to the act of officially taking an item or property away from someone under a rule, law, or recognized authority, often as a penalty or because possession is prohibited.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
confiscating は confiscate「没収する」の語末の e を落として -ing を付けた形です。単に borrow「借りる」や steal「盗む」のではなく、教師・税関・警察など権限をもつ側が、規則や法律に基づいて物を取り上げる場面に結びつけます。be confiscating phones や begin confiscating illegal goods の型で、没収が進行中であることを覚えましょう。
Confiscating comes from confiscate: drop the final silent e before adding -ing. Picture a teacher taking phones during an exam or customs officers taking illegal goods. The important idea is official authority. Confiscating is not simply borrowing, stealing, or picking something up; the item is taken under a rule or law, often as a penalty or because it is prohibited. Learn it in patterns such as be confiscating phones and begin confiscating illegal goods, which show that the act of confiscation is in progress.
例文
The teacher is confiscating phones during the exam.
先生は試験中に携帯電話を没収しています。
Customs officers were confiscating illegal goods at the airport.
税関職員は空港で違法な品物を没収していました。
The guard began confiscating tickets that had been copied.
警備員はコピーされたチケットを没収し始めました。
confiscating の類義語・関連語
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confiscating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 confiscare（con-「完全に」+ fiscus「国庫・財布」）が語源で、「国庫に没収する」が原義。fiscus は元々「籠」の意味で、税金を入れる籠から財政の意味に転じた。fiscal（財政の）と同根。国が財産をごっそり籠に入れるイメージ。
Confiscating is the -ing form of confiscate, with the final e removed before the suffix is added. Confiscate comes from Latin confiscare, meaning to transfer property to the public treasury. It was formed with con-, an intensifying element, and fiscus, “treasury” or “public purse.” Fiscus earlier referred to a basket, especially one associated with holding money. The same Latin source appears in fiscal, a word relating to government revenue and finance.
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